Namibia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Namibia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.595 → 0.610 (+0.015)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth52.6 → 67.5 (+15)

Internet users4 → 65 (+60)

Urban population38 → 51 (+13)

Births per woman3.57 → 3.21 (-0.36)

Renewable share of energy35 → 30 (-5)

Access to electricity40 → 59 (+20)

Infant mortality41 → 36 (-5)

CO2 emissions per person1.3 → 1.2 (-0.1)

Forest area9 → 8 (-2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.595	61.4	—	—	5.40	—	—	56	0.9	10.7	—	—
1991	0.600	60.8	—	27	5.29	43	—	55	0.8	10.6	—	—
1992	0.603	60.2	—	27	5.11	40	26	54	0.8	10.5	—	—
1993	0.601	59.3	—	28	4.91	38	27	53	0.9	10.4	—	—
1994	0.600	58.4	—	28	4.68	33	29	52	1.1	10.3	—	—
1995	0.593	57.5	0	29	4.42	32	30	52	1.1	10.2	—	—
1996	0.581	56.6	0	29	4.20	31	31	51	1.2	10.1	—	—
1997	0.572	55.8	0	30	4.17	31	32	51	1.2	10.1	—	—
1998	0.564	54.8	0	31	4.18	32	33	50	1.2	10.0	—	—
1999	0.553	54.0	0	31	4.14	33	34	49	1.1	9.9	—	—
2000	0.549	53.0	2	32	3.99	35	37	48	1.1	9.8	—	—
2001	0.544	52.0	2	33	3.83	30	36	47	1.3	9.7	—	—
2002	0.544	52.0	3	34	3.69	34	37	46	1.1	9.6	—	—
2003	0.547	51.9	3	35	3.58	33	38	45	1.2	9.5	—	—
2004	0.551	52.2	4	36	3.55	35	39	44	1.2	9.4	—	—
2005	0.553	52.6	4	37	3.57	35	40	41	1.3	9.4	—	—
2006	0.559	53.2	4	38	3.60	36	41	40	1.3	9.3	4017	7374
2007	0.567	54.0	5	39	3.61	37	44	41	1.3	9.2	4379	7875
2008	0.574	54.7	5	40	3.62	33	42	43	1.4	9.1	4205	8125
2009	0.579	55.4	7	41	3.63	33	44	45	1.5	9.0	4303	8079
2010	0.584	56.1	12	42	3.66	31	44	44	1.3	8.9	5418	8538
2011	0.590	56.6	12	43	3.66	32	42	44	1.3	8.8	5835	9002
2012	0.599	57.7	13	43	3.68	32	46	47	1.4	8.8	5943	9364
2013	0.610	58.5	14	44	3.65	31	47	46	1.4	8.7	5347	9699
2014	0.619	59.3	15	45	3.64	30	48	45	1.4	8.6	5378	10365
2015	0.627	60.0	26	46	3.60	29	52	45	1.5	8.5	4774	10466
2016	0.631	60.8	31	46	3.57	29	50	45	1.6	8.4	4396	10200
2017	0.634	61.7	37	47	3.51	30	53	44	1.5	8.3	5144	9888
2018	0.635	62.6	43	47	3.46	31	52	44	1.5	8.2	5309	9854
2019	0.638	63.5	50	48	3.40	30	53	43	1.5	8.2	4732	9609
2020	0.634	64.1	58	49	3.35	31	52	42	1.3	8.1	3879	9354
2021	0.616	60.9	60	49	3.30	30	55	40	1.3	8.0	4413	9709
2022	0.610	64.2	63	50	3.25	—	56	39	1.2	7.9	4350	10661
2023	—	67.4	64	50	3.21	—	57	38	1.2	7.8	4226	11248
2024	—	67.5	65	50	3.21	—	59	36	1.2	—	4502	11698
2025	—	—	—	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	4876	11986
Profile shows	0.610	67.5	65	51	3.21	30	—	—	1.2	7.8	4876	11986

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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