Namibia's changes in inventories (current US$) was −US$428.63 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 776.75% from −US$48.89 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | −US$428.63 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$27.92 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | −US$48.89 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$410.19 million | 2022 |
| Lowest | −US$428.63 million | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | US$38.17 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | −US$28.62 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Namibia's changes in inventories (current US$) fell US$698.15 million on 2024 (from US$269.52 million to −US$428.63 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$7.03 million and a typical year strayed about US$140.57 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$238.44 million in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was US$698.15 million in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Namibia had the 91st highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Namibia in the 2025 ranking
- Guinea — 88th of 109: −US$304.92 million
- El Salvador — 89th of 109: −US$311.09 million
- Cyprus — 90th of 109: −US$319.45 million
- Costa Rica — 92nd of 109: −US$483.15 million
- Mali — 93rd of 109: −US$581.78 million
- Peru — 94th of 109: −US$589.28 million
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 46 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -428,626,852 |
| 2024 | 269,520,695 |
| 2023 | 237,633,511 |
| 2022 | 410,185,066 |
| 2021 | 184,358,327 |
| 2020 | 27,921,633 |
| 2019 | -52,898,487 |
| 2018 | -267,117,908 |
| 2017 | -21,208,959 |
| 2016 | 21,897,668 |
| 2015 |
Changes in inventories (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$15.45 million (2024)
- Benin — US$97.09 million (2025)
- Botswana — US$185.61 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$128.23 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$385.75 million (2024)
- Central African Republic — −US$167.97 million (2025)
- Chad — US$852.06 million (2025)
- Comoros — US$17.39 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$2.61 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — US$49.61 million (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Namibia
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.92% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$106.2 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$262.77 million (2021)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.36 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 60.11 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.51 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 45.2 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 22.28% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Namibia's changes in inventories (current US$)?
- −US$428.63 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is down 1,398% from −US$28.62 million in 1980. The highest value was US$410.19 million in 2022 and the lowest −US$428.63 million in 2025.
- How does Namibia rank?
- 91st highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current US$) unusual for Namibia?
- In 2025, Namibia's changes in inventories (current US$) fell US$698.15 million on 2024 (from US$269.52 million to −US$428.63 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$7.03 million and a typical year strayed about US$140.57 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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