Current account balance in Namibia

The current account balance of Namibia was -13.4% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 -13.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.6percentage points 2023: -15.0%
Position in 2024 154th of 168 See the full ranking

Current account balance in Namibia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2016 to 2024
Period Namibia
2024 -13.4%
2023 -15.0%
2022 -12.6%
2021 -10.7%
2020 4.0%
2019 -1.8%
2018 -3.6%
2017 -4.4%
2016 -16.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from -15.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was -9.4%, the figure has changed by −4.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 168 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 154th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Namibia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics