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International Rankings of Namibia - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 50 3.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 131 71063 2020
Internet users - percent of population 58 41.00 % 2020
Internet users - total 141 1.042 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 49 6.00 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 123 140370 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 61 114.00 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 138 2.898 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 113 5.000 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 114 4.268 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 74 5.50 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 91 216.000 million US Dollars 2019
Debt - external 121 7.969 billion US Dollars 2017
Exports 137 3.560 billion US Dollars 2020
GDP (official exchange rate) 136 12.372 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 89 36.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 23 24.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 68 68.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 95 47.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 109 16.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 39 1.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 92 6.70 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 80 26.30 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 63 67.00 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2 59 % 2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 11 42.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 27 2.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 140 4.540 billion US Dollars 2020
Industrial production growth rate 84 0.40 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 49 3.70 % 2019
Labor force 138 956800 US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 54 31 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 91 14 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 91 54 % 2013
Population below poverty line 98 17 % 2015
Public debt 103 41.30 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 145 22.600 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP growth rate 126 1.56 % 2019
Real GDP per capita 116 8900 US Dollars 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 113 2.432 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 57 32.20 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 7 34.00 % 2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 20 38.50 2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 9 37.50 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 12 38.00 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 110 66000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 127 3.764 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 140 3.831 million 2019
Coal - consumption 106 38000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 91 59000 metric tons 2020
Electricity - consumption 129 4.065 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 84 119.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 45 3.417 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 137 640000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 135 270.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 142 6.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 11 88.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 25 4.70 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 65 0.50 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 116 29.811 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 58 62.297 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 124 26500 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - exports 118 80 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 104 26270 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 127 4 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 89 10 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 76 23 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 60 47 2018
Land use - arable land 141 1 2018
Land use - forest 140 9 2018
Land use - other 47 44 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 18 46 2018
Total renewable water resources 93 39.910 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 116 201.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 141 14.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 138 73.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 24 3.64 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 100 55 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 100 256729.00 tons 1993
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 105 11553 tons 2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 71 4.50 % 2005
Geography
Area - land 35 823290 sq km N/A
Area - total 35 824292 sq km N/A
Area - water 106 1002 sq km N/A
Coastline 62 1572 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 69 2573 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 22 1141 meters N/A
Irrigated land 132 80 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 48 4220 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 60 47 2018
Land use - arable land 141 1 2018
Land use - forest 140 9 2018
Land use - other 47 44 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 18 46 2018
Population Density 206 3.31 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 23 3 % of GDP 2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 19 20.27 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 150 35.47 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 159 4.68 N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 95 1 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 98 1 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 112 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 42 25.01 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 36 13 % 2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate 56 56.10 % 2013
Current health expenditure 30 9 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 98 6.85 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 120 6.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 42 14.80 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 49 67.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 45 60.60 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 12 99 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 47 17 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 47 9 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 50 1 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 6 10 % of GDP 2021
Hospital bed density 43 2.70 beds/1,000 population N/A
Infant mortality rate - female 49 27.30 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 55 31.48 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 53 29.42 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 161 69 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 161 64 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 161 66 years N/A
Literacy - female 51 91 % 2018
Literacy - male 44 92 % N/A
Literacy - total population 49 92 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 43 195.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 125 23 years 2020
Median age - male 122 21 years N/A
Median age - total 118 22 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 61 22 2013
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 82 17.20 % 2016
Physicians density 124 0.59 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 137 2.727 million 2022
Population growth rate 44 1.82 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 79 71 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 13 76 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 17 52 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 14 29 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 13 1.02 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 22 1.01 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 28 0.93 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 42 0.79 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 36 0.61 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 21 0.96 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 66 6 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 84 24 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 77 15 % 2020
Total fertility rate 42 2.98 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 24 3.64 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 100 55 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 20 38.50 2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 9 37.50 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 12 38.00 N/A
Transportation
Airports 49 112 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 32 12 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 36 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 42 1 2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 22 4 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 57 19 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 11 25 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 22 52 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 31 93 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 52 16 2021
Merchant marine - total 122 14 N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 73 26.290 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 104 602893 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 79 21.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 26 2 2020
Railways - total 56 2628 km 2014
Roadways - paved 78 7893 km 2018
Roadways - total 67 48875 km 2018

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Namibia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Namibia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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