Namibia
Access to electricity in Namibia
Access to electricity in Namibia: 26.4% in 1992 and 59.3% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 59.3%
- Since 1992
- +32.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 186 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Namibia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 56.7 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 56.2 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 55.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 52.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 53.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 52.3 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 52.5 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 49.7 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 51.6 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 48.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 47.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 46.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 42.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 44.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 44.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 42.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 43.7 | 82 |
| 2006 | 40.5 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 39.6 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 38.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 37.8 | 80 |
| 2002 | 36.9 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 36 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 36.5 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 34 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 33 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 32 | – |
| 1996 | 31 | – |
| 1995 | 30 | – |
| 1994 | 28.9 | – |
| 1993 | 27 | – |
| 1992 | 26.4 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Namibia in numbers
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- Military spending2.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$386M in 2025
- Military spending per person$134 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel16,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025