Namibia
National power in Namibia
National power in Namibia: 0.02% of world capability in 1990 and 0.02% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0.02% of world capability
- Since 1990
- +0.01 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 146 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 0.02% of world capability in 2015, the lowest 0.01% of world capability in 1998.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 0.02 |
| 2015 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 0.02 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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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
- Armed forces, share of workers1.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025