International Rankings of Namibia 2024, 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	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	143	85814	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	115.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	141	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	140	1.210 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	125	7.969 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	89	14.78	N/A
Exports	137	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	138	6.055 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	134	1.44 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	91	3.62 %	2021
Labor force	147	939000 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	105	17 %	2015
Public debt	196	4.64 % of GDP	2019
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	150	23.120 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	137	2.66 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	124	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 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	10	39.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	13	40.40 %	2021
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 access - electrification - rural areas	55	33	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	51	55	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	47	75	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	25	1.000 million	2020
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	133	12 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	64	47	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - forest	151	9	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
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	49	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 - permanent pasture	19	46	2018
Population Density	230	3.37 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	20	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	45	24.60 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	29	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	47	8.10 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
Infant mortality rate - female	52	25.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	53	31.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	56	28.70 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	131	65 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	130	62 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	131	64 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	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	135	23 years	N/A
Median age - male	133	22 years	N/A
Median age - total	125	23 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	63	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	50	1.66 %	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	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	49	2.94 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	25	3.64	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	108	55	2023
Transportation
Airports	28	255	2024
Merchant marine - total	128	15	2023
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
Railways - narrow gauge	18	2628	2014
Railways - total	39	2628 km	2014
Roadways - paved	54	7893 km	2018
Roadways - total	53	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.

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