Namibia
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Key facts
- Currency: Namibian dollar
- Capital city: Windhoek
- Region: Southern Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 823,290 km²
- Population: 2,567,012
- Political Leader: Hage Geingob (President)
Latest news (see all)
Elephant in the room: Why Botswana, Namibia want fewer of the gentle giants
Read: Al Jazeera
2024-04-13
Namibia expects increase in trade turnover with Russia due to technological sector
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-03-27
Namibia plans joint projects on green energy, oil with Russia -- minister
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-03-27
Metrics
General information
Business
| Central government debt | 4.64 % of GDP |
| Expense | 37.98 % of GDP |
| GDP | 12,914,900,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 6.08 annual % |
| Self-employed | 39.00 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 27.97 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 19.63 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 32.49 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 388,120.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 17.79 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 3,952.80 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.46 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 97.79 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 1.76 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.00 % of total |
| Net energy imports | 74.44 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 3.30 births per woman |
| Forest area | 65,678 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 66.72 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 708.17 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 17.40 years |
| Methane emissions | 5,335.78 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 3,921.07 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 1,328,449 |
| Male Population | 1,238,563 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 31.30 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 827,174.00 km² |
| Rural population | 1,181,955 |
| Urban land area | 342.32 km² |
| Urban population | 1,385,057 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.11 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 27.44 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 10.71 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 379.54 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 8.90 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 2.91 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 2.70 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 59 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 9.70 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 55.23 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 52.97 % of population |
| Net migration | -3,916 |
| Press freedom | 4.13 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 16,000 |
| Democracy score | 6.25 |
| Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
| Military expenditure | 3.00 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 44.23 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
