Labor force | 968,000 (2022 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | 22.46% (2022 est.) |
Industries | mining, tourism, fishing, agriculture |
Population below poverty line | 17.4% (2015 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues | 27.97% (of GDP) (2021 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | Namibian dollars (NAD) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2022 | 16.356 (2022 est.) |
Exchange rates 2021 | 14.779 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 16.463 (2020 est.) |
Exchange rates 2019 | 14.449 (2019 est.) |
Exchange rates 2018 | 13.234 (2018 est.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 31 December 2017 | $7.969 billion (31 December 2017 est.) |
Debt - external 31 December 2016 | $6.904 billion (31 December 2016 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022 | $2.803 billion (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021 | $2.764 billion (2021 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020 | $2.171 billion (2020 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2022 | -$1.634 billion (2022 est.) |
Current account balance 2021 | -$1.274 billion (2021 est.) |
Current account balance 2020 | $270.73 million (2020 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2019 | 4.64% of GDP (2019 est.) |
Public debt 2018 | 5.49% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Public debt 2017 | 5.44% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $4.004 billion (2019 est.) |
Expenditures | $4.693 billion (2019 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | -5.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2022 | 0.42% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Remittances 2021 | 0.37% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Remittances 2020 | 0.6% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 1% |
Highest 10% | 47.3% (2015 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2022 | $7.313 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $6.384 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $4.886 billion (2020 est.) |
Imports (partners) | South Africa 41%, China 7%, Nigeria 5%, India 4%, UAE 4% (2022) |
Comodities Imports force | refined petroleum, ships, copper ore, trucks, electricity (2022) |
Exports | |
Imports 2022 | $7.313 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $6.384 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $4.886 billion (2020 est.) |
Exports (partners) | South Africa 28%, Botswana 11%, China 10%, Zambia 5%, France 4% (2022) |
Comodities Exports force | diamonds, gold, fish, radioactive chemicals, ships (2022) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $25.061 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 | $23.299 billion (2021 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020 | $22.506 billion (2020 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $12.915 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $9,800 (2022 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2021 | $9,200 (2021 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2020 | $9,000 (2020 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 6.7% (2016 est.) |
Industry | 26.3% (2016 est.) |
Services | 67% (2017 est.) |
GDP - composition, by end use | |
Household consumption | 68.7% (2017 est.) |
Government consumption | 24.5% (2017 est.) |
Investment in fixed capital | 16% (2017 est.) |
Investment in inventories | 1.6% (2017 est.) |
Exports of goods and services | 36.7% (2017 est.) |
Imports of goods and services | -47.5% (2017 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 19.99% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 21.15% (2021 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2020 | 21.15% (2020 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 40.4% (2021 est.) |
Male | 39.4% |
Female | 41.7% |
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