International Rankings of Namibia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Namibia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Namibia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	136	2.45	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	132	63314	0
Internet users - percent of population	133	51 %	2018
Internet users - total	133	1.292 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	144	5.41	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	124	139698	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	105	109.39	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	142	2.824 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	115	5.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	116	4.268 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	78	5.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	47	63.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	82	61.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	111	72.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	109	61.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	138	12.372 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	93	36.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	28	24.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	70	68.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	99	47.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	112	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	39	1.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	96	6.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	85	26.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	67	67 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	11	42 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	27	2.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	85	0.4 %	2017
Labor force	140	956800 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	57	31 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	95	14 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	97	54 %	2013
Population below poverty line	102	17.4	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	145	24.040 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	118	9637 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	60	32.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	137	3.958 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	128	3.891 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	82	88.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	66	28	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	18	64	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	33	8	2017
Electricity - imports	51	3.073 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	145	535500 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	141	1.403 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	58	62.290 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	113	27000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	120	80 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	105	26270 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	129	4.23 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	91	10.4 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	78	22.59 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	64	47.2	2018
Land use - arable land	148	1	2018
Land use - forest	149	8.8	2018
Land use - other	49	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	20	46.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	62	0.47 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	95	39.910 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	119	201.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	143	14.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	141	73.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	24	3.64	2025
Urbanization - urban population	119	53	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	101	256729 tons	1993
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	108	11553 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	73	4.5 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	37	823290 sq km	0
Area - total	37	824292 sq km	0
Area - water	115	100235 sq km	0
Coastline	66	1572 km	0
Elevation - highest point	72	2573 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	23	1141 meters	0
Irrigated land	131	80 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	47	4220 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	64	47.2	2018
Land use - arable land	148	1	2018
Land use - forest	149	8.8	2018
Land use - other	49	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	20	46.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	94	39.910 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	21	20.27 %	5882
Age structure - 25-54 years	160	35.47 %	3811
Age structure - 55-64 years	169	4.68 %	8619
Birth rate	43	25.33 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	59	56.1 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	32	8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	104	7.07 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	112	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	39	16.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	47	67.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	47	61.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	9	98.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	50	19.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	50	10.3 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	1.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	47	3.1 % of GDP	2014
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	6	11.6	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	26	3000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	25	210000	2020
Hospital bed density	42	2.7 beds/1,000 population	2009
Infant mortality rate - female	53	28.24 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	59	32.47 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	56	30.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	166	67.9 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	169	63.9 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	169	65.87 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	43	195	2017
Median age - female	130	22.6 years	2020
Median age - male	124	21.1 years	0
Median age - total	124	21.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	59	21.6	2013
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	86	17.2 %	2016
Physicians density	125	0.42 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	140	2.678 million	2021
Population growth rate	48	1.83 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	87	72.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	14	78 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	17	53.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	19	27.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	42	0.8	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	37	0.74 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	43	3.03 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	22	38.5	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	9	37.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	11	38	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	24	3.64	2025
Urbanization - urban population	119	53	2021
Transportation
Airports	49	112	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	59	19	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	11	25	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	22	52	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	31	93	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	52	16	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	74	26.290 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	106	602893	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	21	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	64	2628 km	2014
Roadways - paved	79	7893 km	2018
Roadways - total	68	48875 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Namibia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Namibia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Namibia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.