Namibia's gni per capita rose from US$2,530 in 1996 to US$4,340 in 2025.
Namibia · Income & inequality
Living standards, poverty and distribution.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Income
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
current international $
120th of 181 · 9th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Namibia's gni per capita, ppp (current international $) rose from intl $4,640 in 1996 to intl $11.3k in 2025.
Household consumption per capita (constant 2015 US$)
constant 2015 US$
72nd of 129 · 4th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Namibia's household consumption per capita (constant 2015 us$) rose from US$1,528 in 1996 to US$3,656 in 2025.
Inequality
Gini index
index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
87th of 87 · 11th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Namibia's gini index fell from 71.1 in 1993 to 59.1 in 2015.
Namibia's income share held by highest 10% fell from 60.5 % in 1993 to 47.2 % in 2015.
Namibia's income share held by lowest 20% rose from 1.7 % in 1993 to 2.8 % in 2015.
Poverty
Namibia's extreme poverty fell from 60.3 % in 1993 to 22.9 % in 2015.
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines
% of population
23rd of 56 · 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Namibia's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines fell from 69.3 % in 1993 to 17.4 % in 2015.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Namibia.