Namibia: Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Namibia's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 0.69 percentage points on 2024 (from 99.86% to 100.55%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.28 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 31.27 percentage points in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.7 percentage points in 1985. 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 4% 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 12th highest value of the 132 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

• Moldova — 8th of 132: 104.98%
• Central African Republic — 9th of 132: 104.91%
• Haiti — 10th of 132: 100.71%
• Tunisia — 12th of 132: 99.52%
• Sudan — 13th of 132: 99.44%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 14th of 132: 98.8%

What this measures

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

All 46 values

Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 77.45% (2024)
• Benin — 67.19% (2025)
• Botswana — 77.26% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 77.8% (2025)
• Burundi — 71.73% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 93.97% (2025)
• Cameroon — 86.96% (2025)
• Central African Republic — 104.91% (2025)
• Chad — 66.95% (2025)
• Comoros — 110.44% (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)

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Questions people ask

What is Namibia's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?

100.55% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 36.79 percentage points from 63.76% in 1980. The highest value was 102.12% in 2021 and the lowest 63.76% in 1980.

How does Namibia rank?

12th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Namibia?

In 2025, Namibia's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 0.69 percentage points on 2024 (from 99.86% to 100.55%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.28 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.ZS, 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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