Trade as a share of GDP in Namibia

Trade in goods and services was equal to 108.6% of GDP in Namibia in 2025.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1980 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2025 108.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 108.0%
World, 2025 68.5% Official aggregate

Trade as a 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.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period NamibiaWorld
2025 108.6% 68.5%
2024 108.0% 56.7%
2023 109.8% 58.1%
2022 99.3% 62.1%
2021 83.5% 56.5%
2020 76.9% 51.9%
2019 82.9% 55.8%
2018 81.7% 57.0%
2017 81.2% 55.5%
2016 94.0% 53.8%
2015 97.2% 55.6%
2014 103.1% 58.0%
2013 97.7% 58.6%
2012 100.2% 59.3%
2011 102.2% 59.3%
2010 108.1% 56.2%
2009 123.8% 51.9%
2008 119.6% 60.3%
2007 105.0% 58.7%
2006 86.8% 58.4%
2005 80.7% 56.2%
2004 81.9% 54.2%
2003 96.0% 50.7%
2002 94.4% 49.0%
2001 88.6% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 108.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 97.2%, the figure has changed by +11.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.

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.TRD.GNFS.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