NAD
Namibia
Namibia's unemployment rate is 19.29 %, the 3rd highest of 124. And its corporate tax is 32.00 %, ranked 91st of 96.
Of 14 fields published for Namibia, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
41 % of US prices
Money's value
30.90 %
100 saved in Namibia in 2000 buys what 31 buys today — 69 % of its purchasing power is gone.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
1.87 %
A bank account in Namibia currently gains about 1.9 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
5.38 %
Inflation rate
3.51 %
At 3.5 % a year, prices double in about 21 years if it holds.
Public holidays
13 days
ranked 36th of 104
Savings vs inflation
1.87 %
ranked 26th of 70
Where Namibia sits, field by field
Each dot is Namibia’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Unemployment rate19.29 %122 of 124
- Corporate tax32.00 %91 of 96
- GDP per capita$4,87697 of 127
- GDP growth1.73 %90 of 127
- Debt per person$3,29142 of 124
- Government debt67.50 %83 of 125
- Public holidays13 days36 of 104
- Savings vs inflation1.87 %26 of 70
- Lending rate10.96 %42 of 67
- Inflation rate3.51 %50 of 126
- Price level41 % of US prices51 of 125
- Money's value30.90 %68 of 116
- Deposit rate5.38 %32 of 70
- Bank spread5.58 %34 of 62
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
South Africa
avg gap 9.4 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 5.58 % (Namibia) vs 3.27 %
Colombia
avg gap 14.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 13 days (Namibia) vs 19 days
Dominican Republic
avg gap 16.4 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 19.29 % (Namibia) vs 5.09 %
Chile
avg gap 17.5 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 67.50 % (Namibia) vs 41.50 %
| Lending rate | 10.96 % | ranked 42nd of 67 | |
| Inflation rate | 3.51 % | ranked 50th of 126 | |
| Price level | 41 % of US prices | ranked 51st of 125 | |
| Money's value | 30.90 % | ranked 68th of 116 | |
| Deposit rate | 5.38 % | ranked 32nd of 70 | |
| Bank spread | 5.58 % | ranked 34th of 62 |
✓ 14 fields published for Namibia, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Namibia: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, minimum wage (ppp), retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3423 → 3291 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 70.2 → 67.5 |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 228 → 3423 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 4.6675823557404 → 70.2 |