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Namibia – Electricity Access

Name: Namibia Electricity Access
Creator: World Bank
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Percentage of the population with access to electricity. Covers both on-grid and off-grid sources. · World Bank

56.70% +0.50pp from 2022 G20 rank: 189th · all-time high: 56.70% (2023)

APA

Namibia Electricity Access. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/namibia/electricity-access

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_namibia_electricity-access,
  title = {Namibia Electricity Access},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/namibia/electricity-access},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	60.09%	–	–
2025* trend	59.02%	–	–
2023	56.70%	+0.50pp	189th
2022	56.20%	+1.00pp	185th
2021	55.20%	+2.90pp	184th
2020	52.30%	−1.00pp	185th
2019	53.30%	+1.00pp	183rd
2018	52.30%	−0.20pp	183rd
2017	52.50%	+2.80pp	183rd
2016	49.70%	−1.90pp	184th
2015	51.60%	+3.20pp	181st
2014	48.40%	+1.00pp	182nd
2013	47.40%	+1.00pp	180th
2012	46.40%	+4.10pp	179th
2011	42.30%	−2.10pp	179th
2010	44.40%	+0.30pp	177th
2009	44.10%	+1.70pp	175th
2008	42.40%	−1.30pp	177th
2007	43.70%	+3.20pp	173rd
2006	40.50%	+0.90pp	173rd
2005	39.60%	+0.90pp	173rd
2004	38.70%	+0.90pp	171st
2003	37.80%	+0.90pp	173rd
2002	36.90%	+0.90pp	171st
2001	36.00%	−0.50pp	171st
2000	36.50%	+2.50pp	170th
1999	34.00%	+1.00pp	144th
1998	32.99%	+1.01pp	140th
1997	31.98%	+1.01pp	137th
1996	30.97%	+1.02pp	132nd
1995	29.95%	+1.02pp	128th
1994	28.93%	+1.93pp	122nd
1993	27.00%	+0.60pp	121st
1992	26.40%	–	115th

Show all years (1992–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 9.5% GDP growth 0.3% Unemployment 22.3%

This pattern occurred 204 times in G20 history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 77 of 204 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (38% of cases). Namibia matched this pattern in 2009. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Namibia's electricity access averaged 52.82%. The 2023 figure of 56.70% is above this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 59.02% by 2025.