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Society profile

Namibia

Namibia: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 3.1 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 36.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 59.6%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.8%World Bank2025 Female share of population 51.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 50.9%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.2World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 65.9World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 67.5yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 36.4‰World Bank2024 Net migration 1 866World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 87.6%World Bank2023 Secondary school enrolment 82.0%World Bank2024 Tertiary enrolment 26.1%World Bank2022 Education spending 9.1%World Bank2024

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $11 986$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $11 260$World Bank2025 Gini index 59.1World Bank2015 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 22.9%World Bank2015 Income share held by richest 10% 47.2%World Bank2015

Health

Suicide rate 8.6per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 9.5%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 64.9%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 85.2per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 59.3%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 1.2tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey57.3%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey55.4%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey47.4%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey63.6%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey61.4%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 42.3%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey55.6%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey50.4%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey20.5%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 19.3%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 38.0%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 54.9%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 63.0%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 36.5%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 11.2per 100kWorld Bank2021 Feels safe walking alone at night survey40.7%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey50.2%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Mozambique87%
  2. Czechia80%
  3. Philippines78%
  4. Hong Kong SAR, China78%
  5. Mauritania78%
  6. Thailand78%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.