Highest income inequality (Gini)59.1 · #1 of 155 · 2015
4th lowest population density4 per km² · #4 of 209 · 2025
13th highest renewable electricity97.6% · #13 of 201 · 2024
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Surprising facts about Namibia
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Namibia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Namibia among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Namibia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Namibia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Namibia
vs Angola 
vs Botswana 
vs South Africa 
vs Zambia