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🇳🇦 Namibia

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Policy rate 6.75% Repo rate · 11 Aug 2026
Headline inflation 5.00% Aug 2026
FX premium +11.64% week +5.69%
Latest T-bill 7.181% 91-day · 23 Jul 2026

Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
Official reference 16.29 25 Sep 2026, 00:00 UTC ECB reference rates (via Frankfurter API)
Marketparallel 18.19 27 Sep 2026, 00:20 UTC Bybit P2P
Premium +11.64% week +5.69% market vs official

Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

10141820142017202020232025

Premium history · since Aug 2026 · our collectors

-14%0%14%Aug 2026Sep 2026

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

Instrument Rate Effective Source
Bank of Namibia Repo rate 6.75% 11 Aug 2026 Bank of Namibia

As of 21 Sep 2026, 09:30 UTC

Inflation

Headline 5.00% Aug 2026 headline CPI Source
Food 4.00% Aug 2026 Food & non-alcoholic beverages Source
Core 3.80% Aug 2026 excluding selected volatile items Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

weighted avg BoN

91-day 7.181% 23 Jul 2026
182-day 7.4208% 23 Jul 2026
364-day 7.5756% 23 Jul 2026

Steep — 364-day above 91-day.

as of 23 Jul 2026

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

15 of 25 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

3.1M · 2025

2.3M2.7M3.1M201520172019202120232025

↑ 780,677 since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$11,986 · 2025

$9,300$10,650$12,000201520172019202120232025

↑ $1,620 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

-0.3% · 2025

-11%0%3%201520172019202120232025

↓ 3.7 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

67.5 years · 2024

5963.568201420162018202020222024

↑ 8.2 years since 2014

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Child mortality

39.5 per 1,000 · 2024

3945.552201420162018202020222024

↓ 10.5 since 2014

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Internet users

64.9% · 2024

14%39.5%65%201420162018202020222024

↑ 50 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

10% · 2025

10%11%12%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.1 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

59.3% · 2024

48%53.5%59%201420162018202020222024

↑ 10.9 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

87.6% · 2023

87%87.5%88%201620202023

↓ 0.5 pts since 2016

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Debt service / exports

not available

Exports of goods and services

$6B · 2024

$3.7B$4.8B$6B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.1B since 2014

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GDP growth

1.7% · 2025

-9%0%6%201520172019202120232025

↓ 4.4 pts since 2014

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GDP

$15.1B · 2025

$10B$12.5B$15B201520172019202120232025

↑ $2.6B since 2014

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Unemployment

19.3% · 2025

19%21%23%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.8 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$1.9B · 2024

$-176.5M$0$2.3B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.5B since 2014

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Remittances

$96.5M · 2024

$46M$71M$96M201420162018202020222024

↑ $15.8M since 2014

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External debt

not available

Agriculture share of GDP

7% · 2025

6.6%8.1%9.6%201520172019202120232025

↓ 1.1 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

55% · 2025

52%55.5%59%201520172019202120232025

↓ 2.7 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

21.5% · 2025

13%22%31%201520172019202120232025

↓ 13.6 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

107.40 · 2024

97.00103.50110.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 10.30 since 2014

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FX reserves

$3.1B · 2025

$1.6B$2.5B$3.4B201520172019202120232025

↑ $1.9B since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

11% · 2024

6.8%8.9%11%201420162018202020222024

↑ 2.3 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

5.4% · 2024

2.9%4.4%5.9%201420162018202020222024

↑ 1.1 pts since 2014

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Health expenditure

9.5% · 2023

8.4%9.2%10%2014201820202023

↑ 1.1 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.6 per 1,000 · 2022

0.30.50.6201720182019202020212022

↓ 0 since 2017

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Tertiary enrollment

26.1% · 2022

18%22.5%27%20142016201820202022

↑ 7.6 pts since 2014

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Tourist arrivals

187,100 · 2020

180,000940,0001.7M2014201620182020

↓ 1.2M since 2014

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Account ownership

72.9% · 2024

58%69.5%81%201420162018202020222024

↑ 14.1 pts since 2014

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$1,966 · 2024

$1,400$1,750$2,100201420162018202020222024

↓ $121.23 since 2014

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Median age

21 years · 2023

2020.5212014201820202023

↑ 0.7 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

31.6% · 2026

30%33%36%201620182020202220242026

↓ 3.8 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

70.5% · 2026

27%48.5%70%20142017202020232026

↑ 42.9 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

NAD 203.8B · 2026

NAD 37BNAD 118.5BNAD 200B20142017202020232026

↑ NAD 166.6B since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-15.7% · 2026

-17%0%4%20142017202020232026

↓ 6.2 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-6.1% · 2026

-9.4%-6.2%-3.1%20142017202020232026

↑ 0.4 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.63 · 2025

0.620.670.71201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.02 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$6B · 2024

$3.7B$4.8B$6B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.1B since 2014

Imports

$9.2B · 2024

$4.8B$7B$9.2B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.6B since 2014

Balance derived

−$3.3B · 2024

$-3.3B$-2.1B$-1B201420162018202020222024

↓ $466.9M since 2014

Top exports · 2024

Products

  1. Pearls, precious stones and metals $1.8B · 28.2%
  2. Ores, slag and ash $1.5B · 22.4%
  3. Fish and crustaceans $786.5M · 12.0%
  4. Copper $378.8M · 5.8%
  5. Mineral fuels $333.5M · 5.1%
  6. Machinery and mechanical appliances $191M · 2.9%
  7. Salt, earths, stone, cement $168.9M · 2.6%
  8. Inorganic chemicals $165.8M · 2.5%
  9. Live animals $115.8M · 1.8%
  10. Meat and edible offal $99M · 1.5%

Partners

  1. South Africa $1.2B · 19.0%
  2. China $1.1B · 17.2%
  3. Botswana $972.7M · 14.9%
  4. Zambia $612.4M · 9.4%
  5. Belgium $341.2M · 5.2%
  6. Spain $310.9M · 4.8%
  7. Netherlands $221.2M · 3.4%
  8. DR Congo $215.7M · 3.3%
  9. France $195.4M · 3.0%
  10. United Arab Emirates $188.2M · 2.9%

Top imports · 2024

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $1.4B · 15.9%
  2. Machinery and mechanical appliances $980.2M · 11.0%
  3. Ores, slag and ash $795.8M · 9.0%
  4. Vehicles other than railway $694M · 7.8%
  5. Electrical machinery and equipment $536.7M · 6.0%
  6. Articles of iron or steel $286.1M · 3.2%
  7. Inorganic chemicals $242.5M · 2.7%
  8. Plastics $232.5M · 2.6%
  9. Fertilisers $194M · 2.2%
  10. Beverages, spirits, vinegar $190.8M · 2.1%

Partners

  1. South Africa $3.2B · 36.3%
  2. China $978M · 11.0%
  3. M49 899 $364.9M · 4.1%
  4. Peru $322M · 3.6%
  5. United Arab Emirates $316.2M · 3.6%
  6. India $314.8M · 3.5%
  7. United States $283.6M · 3.2%
  8. Zambia $273.9M · 3.1%
  9. Germany $244.8M · 2.8%
  10. Oman $208M · 2.3%

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