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Namibia – Government Debt to GDP

Name: Namibia Government Debt to GDP
Creator: IMF WEO
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General government gross debt as a share of GDP. Indicates the overall debt burden carried by the public sector relative to economic output. · IMF WEO

67.70% +0.54% from 2023 G20 rank: 129th · all-time high: 69.60% (2021)

APA

Namibia Government Debt to GDP. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/namibia/government-debt-to-gdp

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_namibia_government-debt-to-gdp,
  title = {Namibia Government Debt to GDP},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/namibia/government-debt-to-gdp},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	65.04%	–	–
2029* IMF	64.92%	–	–
2028* IMF	64.88%	–	–
2027* IMF	64.42%	–	–
2026* IMF	63.34%	–	–
2025* IMF	63.57%	–	–
2024	67.70%	+0.54%	129th
2023	67.16%	−2.27%	121st
2022	69.43%	−0.17%	128th
2021	69.60%	+5.31%	123rd
2020	64.30%	+6.73%	106th
2019	57.57%	+8.82%	116th
2018	48.74%	+4.92%	95th
2017	43.83%	−2.00%	82nd
2016	45.83%	+3.74%	89th
2015	42.09%	+14.52%	85th
2014	27.57%	+1.46%	55th
2013	26.11%	+1.49%	53rd
2012	24.63%	−2.82%	49th
2011	27.45%	+11.12%	57th
2010	16.33%	+0.48%	24th
2009	15.85%	−3.25%	25th
2008	19.10%	−0.27%	42nd
2007	19.36%	−6.77%	47th
2006	26.14%	−0.76%	61st
2005	26.90%	−2.28%	46th
2004	29.18%	+2.03%	44th
2003	27.15%	+4.96%	31st
2002	22.19%	−2.21%	23rd
2001	24.39%	+3.53%	25th
2000	20.86%	−0.94%	18th
1999	21.80%	+2.22%	16th
1998	19.57%	+1.86%	16th
1997	17.72%	−1.01%	15th
1996	18.73%	+0.73%	15th
1995	17.99%	+1.58%	11th
1994	16.41%	−0.75%	5th
1993	17.17%	–	5th

Show all years (1993–2024)

* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

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

Namibia's government debt to gdp stood at 67.70% in 2024, a rise of +0.54% from 2023. IMF projects 63.57% by 2025.