Gender in Namibia 224 indicators covering gender for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,172 2030 up 15.7% 116th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.3037 % change on previous year 2030 down 91.1% 58th Population 2,218 2030 up 29.3% 143rd Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 2,218 2030 up 29.3% 143rd Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year 2030 down 4.2% 38th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 38,320 2025 up 7.8% 115th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 38,517 2025 up 8.3% 116th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 37,694 2025 up 10.1% 115th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 37,867 2025 up 10.7% 116th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 38,396 2025 up 15.1% 116th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 38,539 2025 up 16.0% 116th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 41,370 2025 up 27.6% 114th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 41,570 2025 up 29.2% 115th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 43,316 2025 up 36.5% 113th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 43,334 2025 up 37.7% 114th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 41,662 2025 up 36.0% 115th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 41,260 2025 up 35.7% 116th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 41.24 2027 up 2.3% 78th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.855 2025 up 2.8% 50th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.804 2025 up 5.5% 54th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.798 2025 up 2.7% 68th Women's Political Participation Index 0.998 2025 up 0.7% 18th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.855 2025 up 2.8% 50th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.855 2025 up 2.8% 50th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 0.2345 % change on previous year 2025 — 59th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.855 2025 up 2.8% 50th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 1 2025 — 1st Prevalence of obesity, female 25.0% 2024 up 21.6% 103rd Prevalence of obesity, male 10.8% 2024 up 34.7% 136th Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.94 years 2024 up 13.4% 139th Life expectancy at age 60, male 25.81 years 2024 up 83.8% 2nd Share of women who are obese 25.0% 2024 up 21.6% 106th Share of women who are overweight or obese 47.5% 2024 up 13.8% 127th Share of overweight men vs. women 28.4% 2024 up 19.7% 157th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 73.0% 2024 up 37.8% 173rd Share of women who are married or in a union 3.5% 2018 down 14.0% 138th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 19.5% 72nd Population, annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year 2024 down 14.5% 42nd Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.8% 25th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 84.2 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 7.9% 147th Women, Business and the Law Index 80 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 99th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 162nd Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 up 0.4% 43rd Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 3.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.5% 184th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 down 0.2% 146th Labor force, female 556,748 2025 up 25.5% 138th Labor force, female, per capita 0.18 units per person 2025 down 3.7% 119th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.16 index 2025 down 0.1% 12th Page 1 of 4 Next →