IndicatorNAMNamibiaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.88rank #30Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)51rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.46rank #58Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.35rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.86rank #32Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)54.4rank #102Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.88rank #30Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.8%rank #31Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.35rank #67Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)78.6rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)56.7rank #84Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)64.8rank #79Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.82rank #41Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.63rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.52rank #57Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)64.6rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)42.3%rank #20Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.86rank #38Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)22.3%rank #77Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)7%rank #76Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data2,184rank #29Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table101,895.3rank #102Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-13.4%rank #154Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT47.4%rank #153Data 2026 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.6%rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)15.08Brank #140Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)1.7%rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)4,875.9rank #120Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)10,242.3rank #123Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)10,916.6rank #116Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)36.2%rank #20Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)18.7%rank #102Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.5%rank #137Data 2024 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)0.12%rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table2.3rank #106Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)28.9%rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)3.5%rank #98Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT58.8%rank #112Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.71%rank #116Data 2024 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.65%rank #44Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)224.8rank #70Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)33.9%rank #2Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.67rank #53Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)108.6%rank #37Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)19.3%rank #175Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT19.4%rank #174Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)29.9%rank #95Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)38.1%rank #172Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT38.7%rank #174Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)44.7%rank #48Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)63.9%rank #33Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)7.02Brank #118Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)8.43Brank #122Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)86.5%rank #127Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)38.7%rank #155Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data4rank #120Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,581.1rank #141Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF74%rank #26Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.5%rank #35Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)36.4rank #122Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)67.5rank #172Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)139rank #68Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)79%rank #21Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF79%rank #21Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF4%rank #9Data 2013 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.55rank #80Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)14.2rank #77Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)34.8rank #131Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF22.7%rank #13Data 2013 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)8.6rank #109Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)422rank #143Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF39.5rank #159Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)20.1%rank #65Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF7.1%rank #18Data 2013 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)87.6%rank #23Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)9.1%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.8rank #141Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)7.3rank #138Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)88.6%rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)120.7%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)82%rank #83Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)26.1%rank #98Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)25.9rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)3.2rank #50Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP21rank #168Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP3.9rank #45Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)3.09Mrank #136Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)2%rank #46Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP70.9rank #178Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP4,512.3rank #131Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP69.1rank #48Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)50.9%rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data3.47Mrank #145Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data1.1rank #146Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)59.3%rank #55Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber2.4%rank #15Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber61%rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber35.4%rank #2Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber1.2%rank #79Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)1,246.2rank #101Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)9.8%rank #167Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch4.4rank #90Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber48.8rank #13Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data97.6%rank #5Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)30%rank #73Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch13.2rank #56Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)41.1%rank #57Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)77.2%rank #49Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)1.7%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)676.9rank #111Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)381,230.1rank #45Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)1.7%rank #40Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)39.9%rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)47.1%rank #70Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)340rank #144Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)184.4rank #175Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)105.6rank #107Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)2.6rank #107Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)85.2rank #129Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)427.4rank #133Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR358rank #45Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)22.9%rank #43Data 2015 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)54.9%rank #83Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)2.8rank #122Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)1rank #17Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.45rank #105Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)59.1rank #71Data 2015 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)11.2rank #87Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.67rank #105Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.44rank #106Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)64.9%rank #129Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data4.8rank #105Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.61rank #82Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.04rank #160Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.13rank #119Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.29rank #141Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.53rank #151Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR5,470rank #102Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR685rank #68Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT30.7%rank #158Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP54rank #13Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.8rank #9Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4rank #30Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.4rank #34Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.2rank #46Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.6rank #19Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.1rank #28Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP0rank #1Data 2002 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.8rank #45Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.4rank #43Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.9rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified