Income inequality: Atkinson index in Namibia
Namibia: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.5299 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Namibia stood at 0.5299. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Namibia peaked at 0.5299 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5273, in 2010.
That places Namibia 7th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.5273 | — |
| 2011 | 0.5273 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5273 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5273 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5273 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5273 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5299 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5299 | +0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.5299 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.5299 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5284 | 0.5273 | 0.5299 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5299 | 0.5299 | 0.5299 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More poverty & inequality data for Namibia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 451.2 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.5 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.98 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.0% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Namibia?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Namibia was 0.5299 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5299 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5273 in 2010.
- How does Namibia rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Namibia ranks 7th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.