Namibia economy: GDP, investment, trade and remittances
How large the Namibia economy is and how fast it is growing, who invests in it, what it sells and buys, how much its citizens abroad send home, who it owes and what it holds in reserve. The latest published year is shown with each figure.
Namibia economy snapshot: GDP, growth and income per person
Namibia's GDP was US$15.1 billion in 2025, after real growth of 1.7%.
GDP
Current US dollars.
Real GDP growth
Annual change, per cent. Red bars are contractions.
GDP per person
Current US dollars.
Source: World Bank, 2025. Method
Who invests in Namibia and in what
Direct investment by investing country
China was the largest investing country in Namibia, at 31% of inward direct investment positions in 2024.
Inward direct investment positions in Namibia at the end of 2024: the stock of foreign direct investment, not a year's new flow. The 5 largest investing countries.
Source: IMF, 2024. Method
What Namibia sells and buys
Pearls, precious stones and metals was 30% of exports in 2025.
Namibia sold the most to South Africa, 25% of exports in 2025.
Exports by product, 2025
Tile area follows value. Each tile is a customs chapter of the Harmonized System; hover for the full name.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method
Top buyers, 2025
Share of Namibia's exports.
Top suppliers, 2025
Share of Namibia's imports.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method
What Namibia buys, 2025
The 8 largest product chapters in imports.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method
Trade balance of goods
Exports minus imports. Red bars are years when imports were larger. A year is left out when either side is not published.
Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method
Remittances against foreign direct investment in Namibia
Foreign direct investment in Namibia was 20.1 times remittances in 2024.
Foreign direct investment net inflows were negative in 2019 and 2020: more investment left Namibia than came in.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Remittances and investment as a share of GDP
The same two flows measured against the size of the economy.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Who Namibia owes
External debt stock by type of creditor. Creditor types cover public and publicly guaranteed debt; the grey part is the rest of the total external debt stock. A creditor type with no published figure is not shown.
No external debt by creditor figures for Namibia are not published by the World Bank, so none are shown.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Reserves and months of import cover
Total reserves including gold, and how many months of imports they cover.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
Aid received by Namibia
Net official development assistance and official aid received.
Source: World Bank, 2026. Method
More on Namibia
World Bank data pages for Namibia: GDP, GDP growth, GDP per person, remittances, foreign direct investment, reserves, months of imports, external debt, debt by creditor, aid. UN Comtrade: trade data. IMF: direct investment positions.