Investment share of GDP in Namibia

Investment in Namibia was equal to 18.7% of GDP in 2025.

Namibia, 2025 18.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −7.3percentage points 2024: 26.0%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Namibia (2025).

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period NamibiaWorld
2025 18.7% –
2024 26.0% 26.3%
2023 28.1% 26.7%
2022 20.0% 27.5%
2021 17.5% 27.2%
2020 13.9% 26.5%
2019 15.3% 26.6%
2018 14.9% 26.7%
2017 17.8% 26.1%
2016 22.0% 25.7%
2015 30.6% 25.9%
2014 34.8% 25.9%
2013 29.4% 25.6%
2012 26.7% 25.5%
2011 22.1% 25.3%
2010 23.8% 24.6%
2009 26.1% 23.4%
2008 27.5% 25.5%
2007 24.1% 25.5%
2006 22.2% 25.0%
2005 19.7% 24.5%
2004 19.1% 24.1%
2003 19.4% 23.4%
2002 18.6% 23.3%
2001 22.3% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −7.3 percentage points from 26.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 30.6%, the figure has changed by −11.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices