Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Namibia
Namibia: Proportion of total government spending on essential … social was 11.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Namibia, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2023, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Namibia stood at 11.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 102.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Namibia peaked at 13.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2013.
Namibia ranks 92nd of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.5% | — |
| 2001 | 6.9% | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 9.4% | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | -37.3% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | +24.9% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | -19.8% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | +67.3% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 12.5% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 11.9% | -3.6% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 11.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.3%, 1.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 11.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.5%, 2.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +67.3% | 6.8% | 11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.0% | 6.0% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 5.9% | 12.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.5% | 11.9% | 13.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 89 El Salvador 12.3% compare
- 90 Panama 12.0% compare
- 91 Bahrain 11.9% compare
- 93 Seychelles 11.7% compare
- 94 Cook Islands 9.7% compare
- 95 Samoa 9.0% compare
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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Namibia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Namibia was 11.9% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2013.
- How does Namibia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Namibia ranks 92nd out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 102.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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