Gender in Namibia 224 indicators covering gender for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 — 162nd Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 75 2023 unchanged 135th Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 0 2023 — 98th Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 75 2023 unchanged 73rd Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 75 2023 unchanged 121st Women Business and the Law Index 80 2023 unchanged 100th Women Business and the Law Index 80 2023 unchanged 100th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 107.2% 2025 down 17.3% 103rd Share of female employment by economic sector 21.3% 2025 down 9.7% 75th Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 139 2023 down 65.4% 54th Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 42.6 2019 down 4.1% 51st Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 44.8 2019 down 3.4% 22nd Total Fertility Rate 3.25 2022 down 11.6% 50th Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 26.11 2022 up 54.4% 119th Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 11.57 years 2006 down 1.3% 127th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.5 years 2006 up 1.2% 129th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 64.3% 2025 up 196.2% 1st Women of reproductive age 760,368 2023 up 25.5% 134th Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 80.5% 2026 up 4.7% 48th Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 53.2% 2020 down 4.3% 50th Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 44 2026 up 2.3% 85th Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 42.3% 2026 up 2.3% 23rd Share of women in ministerial positions 36.8% 2024 up 69.8% 35th Share of women in parliament 42.3% 2025 up 2.3% 21st Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 36.51 2021 up 180.3% 141st Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 27.1% 2016 down 32.5% 68th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 16.0% 2016 down 39.9% 128th Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 40.62 2024 up 66.8% 23rd Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.81 ratio 2026 down 3.6% 23rd Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 102.8% 2018 down 12.2% 101st Share of pregnant women who have anemia 28.3% 2023 up 7.6% 93rd Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 187.7 2023 up 69.3% 132nd Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 24.9% 2023 up 31.7% 107th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 28.3% 2023 up 7.6% 99th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 24.7% 2023 up 35.0% 109th Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 24.9 2023 up 31.7% 100th Gender Development Index 1.01 2022 up 1.0% 24th Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 43.6% 2018 up 19.2% 28th Literacy rate, adult female 87.4% 2023 down 0.6% 50th Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 98.0% 2024 up 71.9% 1st Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 90.0% 2024 up 76.5% 13th ← Previous Page 3 of 4 Next →