Namibia's life expectancy rose from 57.5 yrs in 1995 to 67.5 yrs in 2024.
Namibia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 20 with data
Namibia's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 46.7 yrs in 2000 to 52.8 yrs in 2021.
Namibia's infant mortality fell from 51.6 ‰ in 1995 to 36.4 ‰ in 2024.
Namibia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 72.6 ‰ in 1995 to 39.5 ‰ in 2024.
Namibia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 367.0 /100k in 1994 to 139.0 /100k in 2023.
Namibia's ncd mortality fell from 25.7 % in 2000 to 23.1 % in 2021.
Namibia's suicide mortality rate fell from 9.7 /100k in 2000 to 8.6 /100k in 2021.
Namibia's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 22.5 /100k in 2000 to 34.8 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.1 pts35th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −5.1 %101st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.1 pts15th of 192
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- Physiciansup +31.7 %84th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +111.1 %50th of 129
- Hospital beds66th of 128*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −7.0 pts148th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −9.0 pts159th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.4 pts141st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.3 %200th of 208
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Namibia.
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data