Namibia Namibia

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Namibia, is a country located at Southern Africa, it has an area of 824,290 Km2.

Namibia, with a population of 2,597,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 3 people per km2.

It's capital is Windhoek and its currency is Namibian dollars

Namibia is holding the 145 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 8,349 millions of euros (8,799 millions of dollars), ( 71.28% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €3,215 euros per inhabitant$3,388 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Namibia, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.615 points in 2021, leaving it in 139th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Namibia are business, you must know it's in the 104th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Namibia, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Windhoek: Monthly Temp.
Windhoek: Monthly Rainfall
Namibia Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€11,714M
Annual GDP [+]2022$12,345M
GDP per capita [+]2022€4,511
GDP per capita [+]2022$4,754
Debt (M.€.) [+]20228,349
Debt ($M) [+]20228,799
Debt (%GDP) [+]202271.28%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€3,215
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$3,388
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-850
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-896
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-7.26%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20224,370.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]20224,606.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20211,002.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20211,186.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202124.81%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017450.1
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017508.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201710.65%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022351.9
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022370.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20228.34%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202237.31%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€1,683
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$1,774
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€393
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$465
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€183
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$206
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€136
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$143
Moody's Rating [+]04/05/2022B1
Fitch Rating [+]06/24/2022BB-
Corruption Index [+]202249
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201994º
Fragile States Index [+]201868.8
Innovation Ranking [+]201893º
Labour
Human Capital Ranking [+]201799º
Markets
Euro / Namibian dollars [+]12/01/202320.5438
US Dollar exchange rate [+]12/01/202318.8436
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]12/30/20230%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/14/20237.75%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020104º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202119.7%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201115.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202037.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,596,000
Exports [+]2021€5,616.3M
Exports [+]2021$6,642.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202154.01%
Imports [+]2021€6,888.0M
Imports [+]2021$8,146.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202166.24%
Trade balance [+]2021€-1,271.7M
Trade balance [+]2021$-1,504.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-12.23%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20223
Global Peace Ranking [+]202356º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201743.1
% Immigrant [+]20204.37%
% Emigrant [+]20201.91%
Birth Rate [+]202127.44‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20178.4
Crude death rate [+]202110.71‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.30
% risk of poverty [+]201517.4%
Population [+]20222,597,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020109,391
Emigrant stock [+]202047,770
HDI [+]20210.615
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023
Life expectancy [+]202159.27
Suicides [+]2015188
Suicide rate [+]20158.24
Number of homicides [+]2021315
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202112.45
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20211.48
Consumption GWh [+]20213,434
Generation GWh [+]20211,567
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]11/30/20234,102
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]11/30/2023172,170
Fully vaccinated [+]11/12/2023550,978
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]11/30/20231,579.51
Doses administered [+]11/12/20231,005,937