Namibia's households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) was 145.64 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 45.16% from 100.33 billion in 2015 (3.8% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 145.64 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 97.39 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 100.33 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 146.13 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | 21.15 billion | 1980 |
| Average since 2016 | 119.23 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 21.15 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Namibia's households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) fell 0.3% on 2024 (from 146.13 billion to 145.64 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.8% and a typical year strayed about 6.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below 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 36.6% in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.4% in 1990. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.17 billion a year. A straight line explains 59% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 97th highest value of the 129 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
What this measures
This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 46 values
| Year | Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 145,640,921,875 |
| 2024 | 146,134,796,875 |
| 2023 | 128,624,890,625 |
| 2022 | 122,190,593,800 |
| 2021 | 111,600,531,300 |
| 2020 | 97,394,171,900 |
| 2019 | 108,030,765,600 |
| 2018 | 108,140,234,400 |
| 2017 | 108,346,679,700 |
| 2016 | 116,198,015,600 |
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 16.53 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 7.84 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 83.84 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 7.28 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 1.86 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 174.64 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 20.13 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 765.28 billion (2025)
- Chad
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 households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)?
- 145.64 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 588.62% from 21.15 billion in 1980 (4.38% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 146.13 billion in 2024 and the lowest 21.15 billion in 1980.
- How does Namibia rank?
- 97th highest of 129 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) unusual for Namibia?
- In 2025, Namibia's households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) fell 0.3% on 2024 (from 146.13 billion to 145.64 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.8% and a typical year strayed about 6.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below 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.PRVT.KN, 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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