Botswana vs Namibia: Gross national expenditure

Botswana
286.34 billion current LCU
in 2025
Namibia
321.64 billion current LCU
in 2025
Botswana rank
123rd
Namibia rank
120th

Gross national expenditure over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 321.64 billion current LCU against 286.34 billion current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 35.30 billion current LCU.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 123rd and Namibia ranks 120th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross national expenditure (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 8,556 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.