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International Rankings of Namibia - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 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 51 3.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 136 71063 2020
Internet users - percent of population 66 53.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 143 1.325 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 55 4.00 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 136 91869 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 46 115.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 140 2.915 million 2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures 121 4.693 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 120 4.004 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 78 5.50 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 139 1.210 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 123 7.969 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 91 14.78 N/A
Exports 138 3.955 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 139 12.372 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 97 36.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 28 24.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 72 68.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 101 47.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 114 16.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 40 1.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 96 6.70 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 85 26.30 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 74 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 137 6.055 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 134 1.44 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 90 3.62 % 2021
Labor force 147 939000 US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 57 31 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 99 14 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 101 54 % 2013
Population below poverty line 105 17 % 2015
Public debt 190 4.64 % of GDP 2019
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 150 23.120 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 138 2.66 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 127 9100 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 121 2.764 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 27 31.17 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 15 21.68 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 27 41.70 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 10 39.40 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 13 40.40 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 115 66000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 129 3.764 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 144 3.831 million 2019
Coal - consumption 111 38000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 94 59000 metric tons 2020
Electricity - consumption 132 4.065 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 88 119.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 46 3.417 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 142 640000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 139 270.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 152 6.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 11 88.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 27 4.70 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 68 0.50 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 121 29.811 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 58 62.297 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 126 26500 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - exports 122 80 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 107 26270 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 130 4 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 91 10 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 79 23 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 64 47 2018
Land use - arable land 152 1 2018
Land use - forest 151 9 2018
Land use - other 51 44 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 19 46 2018
Total renewable water resources 99 39.910 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 113 201.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 95 10.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 106 70.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 25 3.64 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 108 55 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 102 256729.00 tons 1993
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 109 11553 tons 2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 73 4.50 % 2005
Geography
Area - land 36 823290 sq km N/A
Area - total 37 824292 sq km N/A
Area - water 110 1002 sq km N/A
Coastline 68 1572 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 77 2573 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 23 1141 meters N/A
Irrigated land 138 80 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 50 4220 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 64 47 2018
Land use - arable land 152 1 2018
Land use - forest 151 9 2018
Land use - other 51 44 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 19 46 2018
Population Density 230 3.37 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 22 3 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 97 1 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 101 1 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 116 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 44 24.68 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 38 13 % 2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate 57 56.10 % 2013
Current health expenditure 32 9 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 159 33 % 2023
Death rate 115 6.64 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 130 6.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 42 14.80 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 52 67.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 47 60.60 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 12 99 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 51 17 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 49 9 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 53 1 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 7 10 % of GDP 2021
Gross reproduction rate 40 1.45 % 2023
Hospital bed density 44 2.70 beds/1,000 population N/A
Infant mortality rate - female 53 26.40 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 58 30.52 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 55 28.49 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 173 69 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 178 65 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 175 67 years N/A
Literacy - female 52 92 % 2021
Literacy - male 46 91 % N/A
Literacy - total population 48 92 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 43 215.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 134 23 years 2020
Median age - male 129 21 years N/A
Median age - total 129 22 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 62 22 2013
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 87 17.20 % 2016
Physicians density 128 0.59 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 141 2.777 million 2023
Population growth rate 46 1.80 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 80 71 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 15 76 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 19 52 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 15 29 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.02 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 28 0.95 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 40 0.73 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 23 0.96 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 70 6 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 87 24 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 81 15 % 2020
Total fertility rate 46 2.94 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 25 3.64 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 108 55 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 27 41.70 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 10 39.40 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 13 40.40 N/A
Transportation
Airports 50 112 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways 33 93 N/A
Merchant marine - total 130 15 N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 75 26.290 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 107 602893 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 81 21.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 26 2 2020
Roadways - paved 80 7893 km 2018
Roadways - total 74 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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Namibia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Namibia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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