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

Human development rose from 0.597 in 1990 to 0.665 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 67.5 years2024at birthUp 15 years from 52.6 years in 2005
Internet users: 65%2024of people onlineUp 60 points from 4% in 2006
Urban population: 51%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 13 points from 38% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.212024births per womanDown 0.36 from 3.57 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 30%2021of energy usedDown 5 points from 35% in 2004
Access to electricity: 59%2024of people with electricityUp 20 points from 40% in 2005
Infant mortality: 362024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 5 from 41 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 0.1 t from 1.3 t in 2005
Forest area: 8%2023of land under forestDown 2 points from 9% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.597	61.4	—	—	5.40	—	—	56	0.9	10.7	—	—
1991	0.602	60.8	—	27.1	5.29	42.5	—	55	0.8	10.6	—	—
1992	0.603	60.2	—	27.3	5.11	40.3	26	54	0.8	10.5	—	—
1993	0.601	59.3	—	27.7	4.91	38.0	27	53	0.9	10.4	—	—
1994	0.600	58.4	—	28.1	4.68	32.8	29	52	1.1	10.3	—	—
1995	0.595	57.5	0.0	28.7	4.42	32.1	30	52	1.1	10.2	—	—
1996	0.587	56.6	0.0	29.3	4.20	31.4	31	51	1.2	10.1	—	—
1997	0.580	55.8	0.1	29.9	4.17	30.6	32	51	1.2	10.1	—	—
1998	0.574	54.8	0.3	30.6	4.18	31.7	33	50	1.2	10.0	—	—
1999	0.565	54.0	0.3	31.4	4.14	32.7	34	49	1.1	9.9	—	—
2000	0.561	53.0	1.6	32.1	3.99	34.8	37	48	1.1	9.8	—	—
2001	0.555	52.0	2.4	32.9	3.83	30.4	36	47	1.3	9.7	—	—
2002	0.555	52.0	2.6	33.6	3.69	33.8	37	46	1.1	9.6	—	—
2003	0.558	51.9	3.4	34.5	3.58	33.3	38	45	1.2	9.5	—	—
2004	0.563	52.2	3.8	35.5	3.55	34.8	39	44	1.2	9.4	—	—
2005	0.564	52.6	4.0	36.6	3.57	34.6	40	41	1.3	9.4	—	—
2006	0.569	53.2	4.4	37.7	3.60	35.8	41	40	1.3	9.3	4017	7374
2007	0.576	54.0	4.8	38.8	3.61	36.5	44	41	1.3	9.2	4379	7875
2008	0.581	54.7	5.3	39.8	3.62	32.5	42	43	1.4	9.1	4205	8125
2009	0.585	55.4	6.5	40.9	3.63	33.4	44	45	1.5	9.0	4303	8079
2010	0.591	56.1	11.6	41.8	3.66	31.2	44	44	1.3	8.9	5418	8538
2011	0.598	56.6	12.0	42.6	3.66	31.6	42	44	1.3	8.8	5835	9002
2012	0.607	57.7	12.9	43.4	3.68	31.9	46	47	1.4	8.8	5943	9364
2013	0.616	58.5	13.9	44.1	3.65	30.7	47	46	1.4	8.7	5347	9699
2014	0.624	59.3	14.8	44.8	3.64	30.2	48	45	1.4	8.6	5378	10365
2015	0.630	60.0	25.7	45.5	3.60	29.3	52	45	1.5	8.5	4774	10466
2016	0.634	60.8	31.0	46.2	3.57	29.2	50	45	1.6	8.4	4396	10200
2017	0.638	61.7	36.8	46.8	3.51	30.2	53	44	1.5	8.3	5144	9888
2018	0.642	62.6	42.8	47.4	3.46	30.9	52	44	1.5	8.2	5309	9854
2019	0.647	63.5	49.8	48.0	3.40	30.2	53	43	1.5	8.2	4732	9609
2020	0.647	64.1	57.9	48.5	3.35	31.2	52	42	1.3	8.1	3879	9354
2021	0.631	60.9	60.3	49.1	3.30	30.0	55	40	1.3	8.0	4413	9709
2022	0.649	64.2	63.0	49.5	3.25	—	56	39	1.2	7.9	4350	10661
2023	0.665	67.4	63.7	50.0	3.21	—	57	38	1.2	7.8	4226	11248
2024	—	67.5	64.9	50.4	3.21	—	59	36	1.2	—	4502	11698
2025	—	—	—	50.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	4876	11986
On the profile	0.665	67.5	64.9	50.9	3.21	30.0	—	—	1.2	7.8	4876	11986

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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