Namibia's GNI (current US$) was US$14.17 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 25.22% from US$11.32 billion in 2015 (2.27% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$14.17 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$10.54 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$11.32 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$14.17 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$1.33 billion | 1985 |
| Average since 2016 | US$12.24 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$2.08 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Namibia's GNI (current US$) rose 7.3% on 2024 (from US$13.21 billion to US$14.17 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.1% and a typical year strayed about 13.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 52% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.5% 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 25% 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 140th highest value of the 181 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Namibia | US$14.17 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$117.7 trillion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$2.15 trillion | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | US$7.21 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Namibia in the 2025 ranking
- Brunei Darussalam — 136th of 181: US$15.52 billion
- Malawi — 137th of 181: US$14.76 billion
- Congo, Rep. — 138th of 181: US$14.6 billion
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 140th of 181: US$12.94 billion
- Kosovo — 141st of 181: US$12.71 billion
- Togo — 142nd of 181: US$11.92 billion
What this measures
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 46 values
| Year | GNI (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,170,883,306 |
| 2024 | 13,211,927,425 |
| 2023 | 11,949,273,133 |
| 2022 | 12,013,876,949 |
| 2021 | 11,934,183,890 |
| 2020 | 10,539,865,095 |
| 2019 | 12,234,173,556 |
| 2018 | 13,176,748,523 |
| 2017 | 12,661,495,881 |
| 2016 | 10,511,261,597 |
| 2015 |
GNI (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$117.25 billion (2025)
- Benin — US$24.29 billion (2025)
- Botswana — US$19.22 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$26 billion (2025)
- Burundi — US$3.36 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$3.02 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — US$58.01 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — US$3.24 billion (2025)
- Chad — US$20.5 billion (2025)
- Comoros — US$1.82 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$87.66 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — US$14.6 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Namibia
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.92% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — 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$3.51 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 45.2 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 22.28% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Namibia's GNI (current US$)?
- US$14.17 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 579.9% from US$2.08 billion in 1980 (4.35% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$14.17 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$1.33 billion in 1985.
- How does Namibia rank?
- 140th highest of 181 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GNI (current US$) unusual for Namibia?
- In 2025, Namibia's GNI (current US$) rose 7.3% on 2024 (from US$13.21 billion to US$14.17 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.1% and a typical year strayed about 13.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 NY.GNP.MKTP.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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