NAD
Namibia
Namibia's debt per person is $228, the lowest of 123. And its unemployment rate is 19.29 %, the 3rd highest of 124.
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.
Corporate tax
32.00 %
ranked 91st of 96
Public holidays
13 days
ranked 35th of 104
Savings vs inflation
1.87 %
ranked 26th of 69
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.
- Debt per person$2281 of 123
- 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
- Government debt70.20 %85 of 124
- Public holidays13 days35 of 104
- Savings vs inflation1.87 %26 of 69
- Inflation rate3.51 %47 of 123
- Lending rate10.96 %42 of 67
- Price level41 % of US prices50 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 12.9 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $228 (Namibia) vs $5,186
Dominican Republic
avg gap 17.3 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 19.29 % (Namibia) vs 5.09 %
Colombia
avg gap 17.5 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $228 (Namibia) vs $5,128
Chile
avg gap 18.5 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 70.20 % (Namibia) vs 41.80 %
| Inflation rate | 3.51 % | ranked 47th of 123 | |
| Lending rate | 10.96 % | ranked 42nd of 67 | |
| Price level | 41 % of US prices | ranked 50th 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
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2015
- 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
- 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
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- 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
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 4.6675823557404 → 70.2 |