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IndicatorNAMNamibiaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #30
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile50.4rank #81
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.46rank #58
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.35rank #78
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #32
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile53.3rank #96
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #30
Military spending% GDP2.7%rank #29
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.35rank #67
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile75.2rank #68
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile57rank #77
Rule of Law0-100 percentile62.6rank #80
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #41
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.63rank #54
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.52rank #57
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile62.7rank #78
Women in parliament% seats42.3%rank #20
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #38
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment22.3%rank #77
Agriculture value added% GDP7%rank #76
Annual working hours per workerhours2,184rank #29
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker101,895.3rank #102
Current account balance% GDP-13.4%rank #151
Employment-to-population ratio%47.2%rank #153
FDI net inflows% GDP14.2%rank #10
GDPcurrent US$15.08Brank #140
GDP growth%1.7%rank #143
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$4,875.9rank #120
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $10,242.3rank #123
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $10,916.6rank #116
Government expenditure% GDP36.2%rank #20
Gross capital formation% GDP18.7%rank #102
Gross savings% GDP9.5%rank #135
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.12%rank #118
Human capital indexindex2.3rank #106
Industry value added% GDP28.9%rank #50
Inflation%3.5%rank #96
Labour force participation rate%58.8%rank #110
Personal remittances received% GDP0.71%rank #112
R&D expenditure% GDP0.65%rank #44
Researchers in R&Dper million224.8rank #70
Tax revenue% GDP33.9%rank #2
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.67rank #53
Trade openness% GDP108.6%rank #37
Unemployment% labor force19.3%rank #175
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%19.7%rank #175
Vulnerable employment% employment29.9%rank #95
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2438.1%rank #172
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2439.3%rank #174
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop86.5%rank #127
Basic sanitation access% pop38.7%rank #155
Child mortalityper 1004rank #120
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,581.1rank #141
DTP3 immunization coverage%74%rank #26
Health spending% GDP9.5%rank #35
Infant mortalityper 1k births36.4rank #122
Life expectancyyears67.5rank #172
Maternal mortalityper 100k139rank #68
Measles immunization% children79%rank #21
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%79%rank #21
Physiciansper 1k0.55rank #80
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m314.2rank #77
Road traffic deathsper 100k34.8rank #131
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.6rank #109
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k422rank #143
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births39.5rank #159
Undernourishment% pop18.1%rank #55
Education
Adult literacy%87.6%rank #23
Education spending% GDP9.1%rank #1
Expected years of schoolingyears11.8rank #141
Mean years of schoolingyears7.3rank #138
Primary completion rate% relevant age88.6%rank #81
Primary enrollment% gross120.7%rank #7
Secondary enrollment% gross82%rank #83
Tertiary enrollment% gross26.1%rank #98
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00025.9rank #47
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.2rank #50
Median age of populationyears21rank #168
Net migration rateper 1,0003.9rank #45
Populationpeople3.09Mrank #136
Population growth%2%rank #46
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years70.9rank #178
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands4,512.3rank #131
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age69.1rank #48
Urban population%50.9%rank #143
Climate
CO₂ emissionst3.47Mrank #145
CO₂ per capitat1.1rank #146
Electricity access% pop59.3%rank #55
Electricity from coal% generation2.4%rank #15
Electricity from hydro% generation61%rank #28
Electricity from solar% generation35.4%rank #2
Electricity from wind% generation1.2%rank #79
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,232.2rank #101
Forest area% land7.8%rank #173
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita4.4rank #90
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh48.8rank #13
Renewable electricity%97.6%rank #5
Renewable energy share%30%rank #73
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e13.2rank #56
Society
Asylum seekerspeople358rank #45
Extreme poverty% pop22.9%rank #43
Female labor participation%54.9%rank #83
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1002.8rank #122
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #17
Gender Inequality Index0-10.45rank #105
Gini indexindex59.1rank #71
Homicide rateper 100k11.2rank #87
Human Development Index0-10.67rank #105
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.44rank #106
Internet users% pop64.9%rank #129
Life satisfaction0-104.8rank #105
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.61rank #82
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.04rank #160
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.13rank #119
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.29rank #141
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.53rank #151
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people5,470rank #102
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people685rank #68
Youth NEET rate%30.8%rank #158
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year54rank #13
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.9rank #24
Human hazard & exposure0-101.6rank #16
INFORM risk score0-104.3rank #32
Lack of coping capacity0-104.7rank #38
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.2rank #47
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.1rank #20
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.1rank #28
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year0rank #1
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105.9rank #56
Vulnerability0-105.9rank #47
Vulnerable groups0-105.9rank #53
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