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Government debt

Namibia

Namibia. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202567.5%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 202510.2History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20253,324History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202515.1History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Namibia: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 67.5% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 10.2 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 1.0 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is above the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 25.4 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Namibia · 2000: 20.9% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2001: 24.4% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2002: 22.2% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2003: 27.1% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2004: 29.2% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2005: 26.9% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2006: 26.1% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2007: 19.4% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2008: 19.1% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2009: 15.9% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2010: 16.3% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2011: 27.4% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2012: 24.6% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2013: 26.1% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2014: 27.6% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2015: 42.1% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2016: 45.8% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2017: 43.8% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2018: 48.7% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2019: 57.6% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2020: 64.3% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2021: 69.6% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2022: 70.1% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2023: 67.2% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2024: 68.5% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2025: 67.5% — History / IMF estimatesNamibia · 2026: 67.5% — IMF estimate / projectionNamibia · 2027: 67.8% — IMF projectionNamibia · 2028: 68.5% — IMF projectionNamibia · 2029: 69.2% — IMF projectionNamibia · 2030: 70.2% — IMF projectionNamibia · 2031: 71.2% — IMF projection
Namibia
Chart data table
YearNamibia (%)Source
203171.2IMF projection
203070.2IMF projection
202969.2IMF projection
202868.5IMF projection
202767.8IMF projection
202667.5IMF estimate / projection
202567.5History / IMF estimates
202468.5History / IMF estimates
202367.2History / IMF estimates
202270.1History / IMF estimates
202169.6History / IMF estimates
202064.3History / IMF estimates
201957.6History / IMF estimates
201848.7History / IMF estimates
201743.8History / IMF estimates
201645.8History / IMF estimates
201542.1History / IMF estimates
201427.6History / IMF estimates
201326.1History / IMF estimates
201224.6History / IMF estimates
201127.4History / IMF estimates
201016.3History / IMF estimates
200915.9History / IMF estimates
200819.1History / IMF estimates
200719.4History / IMF estimates
200626.1History / IMF estimates
200526.9History / IMF estimates
200429.2History / IMF estimates
200327.1History / IMF estimates
200222.2History / IMF estimates
200124.4History / IMF estimates
200020.9History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data