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Namibia – GDP Growth 2008

Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. A negative value indicates economic contraction. · World Bank
2.65% −2.72pp from 2007 G20 rank: 127th

Namibia's gdp growth was 2.65% in 2008, decreased +2.72pp from 5.37% in 2007. This was the 127th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2008
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Nauru 20.00% 190.6%
2nd Equatorial Guinea 17.80% 16.5%
3rd Qatar 17.66% -1.8%
4th Turkmenistan 14.70% 32.9%
5th Timor-Leste 11.39% 11.0%
6th St. Kitts and Nevis 11.32% 1,784.3%
7th Rwanda 11.16% 46.2%
8th Angola 10.79% -17.0%
9th Azerbaijan 10.59% -58.4%
10th Myanmar 10.26% -14.5%
11th Belarus 10.20% 18.6%
12th Panama 10.20% -22.5%
13th China 9.67% -31.7%
14th Romania 9.31% 28.7%
15th Ghana 9.15% 110.5%
16th Peru 9.13% 7.1%
17th Lebanon 9.07% -2.6%
18th Uzbekistan 9.03% -4.7%
19th Maldives 8.98% 25.8%
20th Oman 8.95% 79.7%
21st Mongolia 8.90% -13.2%
22nd Uganda 8.71% 3.5%
23rd Kyrgyz Republic 8.40% -1.7%
24th Turks and Caicos Islands 8.27%
25th Iraq 8.23% 335.7%
26th Tajikistan 7.90% 1.3%
27th Lao PDR 7.82% 3.0%
28th Moldova 7.80% 160.0%
29th Zambia 7.77% -6.9%
30th Niger 7.73% 146.0%
31st Malawi 7.64% -20.4%
32nd Cambodia 7.48% -28.1%
33rd West Bank and Gaza 7.43% 96.1%
34th Congo, Democratic Republic of 7.40% -13.2%
35th Jordan 7.22% -11.7%
36th Uruguay 7.18% 9.7%
37th Egypt, Arab Republic of 7.16% 1.0%
38th Liberia 7.15% -25.1%
39th Dominica 7.12% 32.9%
40th Cabo Verde 7.04% -53.6%
41st Albania 6.91% 6.3%
42nd Armenia 6.90% -49.6%
43rd Montenegro 6.90% -3.3%
44th Mozambique 6.88% -10.1%
45th Nigeria 6.76% 2.6%
46th Madagascar 6.71% 17.5%
47th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 6.69% 0.0%
48th Tuvalu 6.67% -6.7%
49th Ecuador 6.56% 245.1%
50th Paraguay 6.50% 19.8%
51st Congo, Republic of 6.31% 195.3%
52nd Gambia, The 6.26% 105.6%
53rd Bahrain 6.25% -24.7%
54th Saudi Arabia 6.24% 181.8%
55th São Tomé and Principe 6.23% 71.1%
56th Solomon Islands 6.23% 71.1%
57th Greenland 6.17% 162.1%
58th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.15% 34.7%
59th Bulgaria 6.13% -7.9%
60th Nepal 6.10% 78.9%
61st Bangladesh 6.01% -14.8%
62nd Indonesia 6.01% -5.2%
63rd Sri Lanka 5.95% -12.5%
64th Burkina Faso 5.80% 41.1%
65th Tanzania 5.69% -16.0%
66th Morocco 5.68% 65.2%
67th Viet Nam 5.66% -20.6%
68th Vanuatu 5.60% 94.8%
69th Lesotho 5.52% 31.9%
70th North Macedonia 5.47% -15.5%
71st Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.44% -7.1%
72nd Mauritius 5.39% -5.9%
73rd Slovak Republic 5.36% -50.4%
74th Russian Federation 5.20% -38.8%
75th Serbia 5.16% -34.1%
76th Brazil 5.09% -16.1%
77th St. Lucia 4.95% 192.6%
78th Burundi 4.91% 42.5%
79th Isle of Man 4.90% -34.7%
80th Benin 4.90% -18.2%
81st Tonga 4.86% 297.3%
82nd Malaysia 4.83% -23.3%
83rd Côte d'Ivoire 4.78% 334.2%
84th Costa Rica 4.74% -42.3%
85th Bhutan 4.53% -71.9%
86th Guinea-Bissau 4.52% 76.8%
87th Syrian Arab Republic 4.48% -21.1%
88th Malta 4.41% -12.4%
89th Poland 4.38% -35.2%
90th Philippines 4.34% -33.4%
91st Tunisia 4.24% -36.8%
92nd Honduras 4.23% -31.6%
93rd Suriname 4.14% -18.9%
94th Guinea 4.13% -39.4%
95th Cuba 4.12% -43.3%
96th Argentina 4.06% -55.0%
97th Togo 4.04% 443.4%
98th Comoros 3.96% 393.4%
99th Afghanistan 3.92% -71.6%
100th Sudan 3.85% -32.9%
101st Chile 3.79% -26.7%
102nd Senegal 3.70% 31.0%
103rd Sierra Leone 3.69% -1.7%
104th Yemen, Republic of 3.65% 9.3%
105th Cyprus 3.65% -28.5%
106th Mali 3.64% 106.7%
107th Australia 3.62% -4.4%
108th Samoa 3.56% 631.7%
109th Nicaragua 3.44% -32.3%
110th Macao SAR, China 3.39% -76.6%
111th Trinidad and Tobago 3.39% -28.7%
112th Slovenia 3.37% -52.8%
113th Kazakhstan 3.30% -62.9%
114th Guatemala 3.29% -48.0%
115th Colombia 3.28% -51.3%
116th Dominican Republic 3.27% -55.9%
117th Botswana 3.25% -43.9%
118th Israel 3.22% -49.0%
119th United Arab Emirates 3.19% 0.2%
120th South Africa 3.19% -40.5%
121st India 3.09% -59.7%
122nd Chad 3.08% -26.6%
123rd Korea 3.00% -48.6%
124th Cameroon 2.85% -34.2%
125th Switzerland 2.81% -28.3%
126th Haiti 2.66% -43.5%
127th Namibia 2.65% -50.7%
128th Czechia 2.61% -52.4%
129th Lithuania 2.60% -76.5%
130th Algeria 2.50% -19.4%
131st Kuwait 2.48% -58.6%
132nd Georgia 2.42% -80.7%
133rd Ukraine 2.24% -72.7%
134th Curaçao 2.19% -11.4%
135th El Salvador 2.15% 16.6%
136th Hong Kong SAR, China 2.13% -67.1%
137th Pakistan 2.12% -52.3%
138th Netherlands 2.12% -45.5%
139th Central African Republic 2.05% -55.4%
140th Guam 2.03% 183.7%
141st Croatia 1.97% -60.9%
142nd Singapore 1.86% -79.3%
143rd Aruba 1.84% -40.6%
144th Liechtenstein 1.80% -45.9%
145th Guyana 1.76% -75.6%
146th Thailand 1.73% -68.2%
147th Iceland 1.70% -80.6%
148th Austria 1.45% -61.5%
149th Eswatini 1.44% -66.6%
150th Virgin Islands (US) 1.22% -69.6%
151st Fiji 1.03% 221.4%
152nd Canada 1.00% -51.4%
153rd Hungary 0.99% 198.9%
154th Grenada 0.95% -84.5%
155th Mexico 0.94% -54.6%
156th Türkiye 0.92% -82.0%
157th Germany 0.89% -69.3%
158th Finland 0.78% -85.2%
159th Spain 0.77% -78.3%
160th Monaco 0.75% -94.8%
161st Barbados 0.63% -69.5%
162nd European Union 0.62% -80.3%
163rd Norway 0.48% -83.5%
164th Belgium 0.45% -87.8%
165th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.40% -87.8%
166th France 0.38% -85.0%
167th Portugal 0.32% -87.3%
168th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.25% -96.9%
169th Kenya 0.23% -96.6%
170th United States 0.11% -94.3%
171st Greece 0.06% -98.4%
172nd French Polynesia 0.01% -99.6%
173rd Antigua and Barbuda -0.01% -100.2%
174th United Kingdom -0.05% -101.7%
175th Libya -0.16% -102.6%
176th Papua New Guinea -0.30% -103.8%
177th Luxembourg -0.30% -103.7%
178th Mauritania -0.33% 83.2%
179th Cayman Islands -0.36% -111.3%
180th Denmark -0.42% -142.3%
181st San Marino -0.50% -107.0%
182nd Jamaica -0.81% -156.7%
183rd Sweden -0.92% -128.6%
184th New Zealand -1.02% -133.3%
185th Italy -1.02% -170.0%
186th Japan -1.22% -182.5%
187th Belize -1.63% -148.7%
188th Puerto Rico (US) -1.84% -58.6%
189th Bermuda -1.87% -155.8%
190th Bahamas, The -2.32% -260.7%
191st Micronesia, Federated States of -2.58% -49.9%
192nd American Samoa -2.66% -243.5%
193rd Seychelles -2.73% -130.7%
194th Kiribati -2.98% -197.7%
195th Gabon -3.31% -155.1%
196th Latvia -3.39% -132.5%
197th Brunei Darussalam -3.90% -3.6%
198th Ireland -4.48% -184.4%
199th Estonia -5.13% -167.7%
200th Palau -5.19% -492.8%
201st Andorra -5.56% -457.9%
202nd Marshall Islands -7.57% -305.1%
203rd Eritrea -9.78% -785.7%
204th Northern Mariana Islands -11.07% -65.6%
205th Zimbabwe -17.67% -383.7%