Namibia
Internet users in Namibia
Internet users in Namibia: 0% in 1990 and 64.9% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 64.9%
- Since 1990
- +64.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 131 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Namibia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 64.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 63.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 63 | 67 |
| 2021 | 60.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 57.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 49.8 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 42.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 36.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 31 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 25.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 14.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 13.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 12.9 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 12 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 11.6 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 6.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 5.3 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 4.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.8 | – |
| 2003 | 3.4 | – |
| 2002 | 2.6 | – |
| 2001 | 2.4 | – |
| 2000 | 1.6 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | – |
| 1998 | 0.3 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Namibia in numbers
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Military
- 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