Poverty & Inequality in Namibia 27 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys 2025 down 100.0% 147th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 100.0% 146th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 100.0% 147th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.21 live births per woman 2023 down 12.1% 52nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 451.2 kg per hectare 2023 down 1.6% 179th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 5.4% 101st Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.5 % change on previous year 2023 down 217.2% 150th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.98 2022 down 15.8% 54th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.0% 2022 down 15.8% 54th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 12.6% 42nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -3.5 % change on previous year 2022 down 152.2% 148th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.0% 144th Gender Inequality Index 0.448 2023 down 12.2% 55th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 26.3% 2023 down 10.1% 31st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1533 2023 down 27.9% 41st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1533 2023 down 27.9% 41st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1808 2023 down 18.8% 37th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5299 2023 up 0.5% 7th Population living in slums 41.4% 2022 down 0.6% 52nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.438 2023 up 9.8% 122nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.438 2023 up 9.8% 122nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.438 2023 up 9.8% 122nd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 29.75 2023 down 37.9% 147th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0443 2024 down 78.6% 103rd Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 down 81.0% 97th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 9,188 2017 up 35.0% 94th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 11.9% 2023 up 102.5% 92nd