Namibia's r&d spending rose from 0.1 % in 2010 to 0.6 % in 2022.
Namibia · Innovation, research & technology
R&D, patents, publications, researchers and high-tech.
9 indicators · 9 with data
Research
Namibia's researchers in r&d (per million people) rose from 148.9 /M in 2014 to 224.8 /M in 2022.
Namibia's scientific and technical journal articles rose from 18.5 in 1996 to 231.3 in 2023.
Patents
Namibia's patent applications, residents rose from 5 in 1990 to 8 in 2019.
Namibia's patent applications, nonresidents fell from 158 in 1990 to 12 in 2019.
Namibia's trademark applications, total fell from 439 in 2012 to 333 in 2020.
Technology
Namibia's high-tech exports fell from 5.5 % in 2007 to 0.1 % in 2024.
Namibia's high-technology exports (current us$) fell from US$86.9M in 2007 to US$942k in 2024.
Economy
ICT service exports (% of service exports)
% of service exports
121st of 158 · 21st in Sub-Saharan Africa
Namibia's ict service exports (% of service exports) fell from 2.9 % in 1995 to 2.0 % in 2024.