Country profile · Sub-Saharan Africa · LMC
🇳🇦 Namibia
Lower middle income. Capital Windhoek. Mid-pack GDP/cap (LMC · MID) across 40 World Bank / WHO / ILO measures.
- 3 million
- Population
- $13.6 billion
- GDP
- $4,502
- GDP / capita
- 67.5 years
- Life expectancy
Mid-pack GDP/cap · MID
Namibia ranks 148th of 217 by total GDP and 172nd for life expectancy - a lower middle income economy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- #148
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $4,502
- GDP per capita
- #172
- Life-expectancy rank
- #137
- Population rank
Namibia sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#142 of 214) as a LMC economy with MID longevity.
Namibia vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$13,641,190,683 148th of 214 higher than 66 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
Each bar is a $0.001K-wide band; taller bars hold more countries. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
Namibia on the global income map
Namibia (NAM) mid GDP/cap pack - GDP per capita × life expectancy vs largest peers; gold rings = OECD.
- Namibia: GDP per capita $4,502 (2024), life expectancy 67.5 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
Namibia has a population of 3 million, making it the 137th-most populous country out of 217 tracked in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Its economy totals $13.6 billion - ranked 148th globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $4,502, placing it in the Lower middle income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 67.5 years (ranked 172nd globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Windhoek.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 4 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series Namibia does report.
All indicators for Namibia
40 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🫀 Disease Burden
Tuberculosis deaths at 54.0 per 100,000 sit well above the fleet midpoint (4.1) on Namibia; the cause list below is truncated to the steepest rates instead of repeating the full WHO menu. Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Communicable & Maternal
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
⛏️ Mineral Production
Namibia is among the world's top producers of 1 mineral. View all minerals →
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024. Data year 2023.
Compare Namibia with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with Namibia
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for Namibia (LMC · MID), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
LMC MID
Lebanon · LMC
Lebanon GDP/cap $4,473 is lower by $29 than Namibia; LE stamp PEAK vs MID.
Sri Lanka · UMC
Sri Lanka GDP/cap $4,545 is higher by $44 than Namibia; LE stamp PEAK vs MID.
Bolivia · LMC
Bolivia GDP/cap $4,421 is lower by $81 than Namibia; LE stamp MID vs MID.
Viet Nam · UMC
Viet Nam GDP/cap $4,717 is higher by $215 than Namibia; LE stamp LONG vs MID.
Sub-Saharan Africa WDI roster
Namibia stamps LMC · MID inside Sub-Saharan Africa - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#142)
Namibia ranks #142 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the LMC Atlas band.
What the data says about Namibia
Namibia is a lower-middle-income economy, a tier where a large share of economic activity often sits outside formally measured, monetized markets, so official statistics can understate real living standards more than the headline dollar figures suggest. With a comparatively small population, a single survey round or a change in methodology can shift Namibia's reported figures noticeably from one release to the next, independent of any real change on the ground. Where a field on this page reads "N/A," it usually means the relevant agency has not yet published a recent estimate for Namibia.
Namibia sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#142 of 214) as a LMC economy with MID longevity.
Namibia holds 3 million people and $13.6 billion GDP (148th) at $4,502 per person - mid GDP/cap band, LMC, LE 67.5 years (172nd, MID). 40 WDI/WHO/ILO cells fill the topic blocks.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Lebanon at $4,473 (Δ $29). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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