Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance

1990 - 2017 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance data was reported at -295.918 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.595 USD bn for 2016. Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance data is updated yearly, averaging 67.544 USD mn from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.082 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of -1.635 USD bn in 2015. Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Namibia – Table NA.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

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Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
-295.92 2017	-1,595.25 2016	-1,635.14 2015	1,082.36 2006	USD mn	yearly	1990 - 2017

Related Indicators for Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance

Related indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance (USD mn)	-295.92 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP (%)	8.35 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, et... (%)	61.95 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments (USD mn)	556.27 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services (USD mn)	5,954.58 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Serv... (%)	3.96 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods (USD mn)	5,383.59 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service (USD mn)	570.99 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: ... (USD mn)	2.41 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income (USD mn)	6,510.85 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Impo... (%)	23.87 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports (%)	10.22 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn)	54.39 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP (%)	-2.23 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net (USD mn)	-263.10 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services (USD mn)	-1,425.12 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods (USD mn)	-1,389.10 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net (USD mn)	1,392.31 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, et... (%)	44.05 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts (USD mn)	293.17 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services (USD mn)	4,529.46 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Insurance and Financial Serv... (%)	4.74 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods (USD mn)	3,994.50 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service (USD mn)	534.96 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Property: ... (USD mn)	0.26 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income (USD mn)	4,822.63 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Expo... (%)	16.00 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports (%)	35.22 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts (USD mn)	1,514.40 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts (USD mn)	16.18 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn)	41.09 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP (%)	0.31 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments (USD mn)	21.34 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017

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Namibia Key Series

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	13,064.834 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	5,688.430 2027	yearly	1990 - 2027
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	2.484 2027	yearly	1991 - 2027

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Government Expenditure (NAD bn)	106.487 2024	yearly	1990 - 2024
Forecast: Government Net Debt (NAD bn)	170.344 2024	yearly	1993 - 2024
Forecast: Government Revenue (NAD bn)	89.606 2024	yearly	1990 - 2024

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	2.895 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	0.000	yearly	-

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	4.622 2028	yearly	1991 - 2028

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-1.937 2029	yearly	1990 - 2029

More Indicators for Namibia

Indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Namibia NA: Completeness of Birth Registration (%)	87.10 2013	yearly	2007 - 2013
Namibia NA: Rural Population (Person)	1,303,105.00 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Rural Population Growth (%)	0.33 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Rural Population: % of Total Population (%)	51.43 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Urban Population Growth (%)	4.12 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Urban Population (Person)	1,230,689.00 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Urban Population: % of Total Population (%)	48.57 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Unmet Need for Contraception: % of Married Women Aged 15-49 (%)	17.50 2013	yearly	1992 - 2013
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals (Person)	1,469,000.00 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Receipts (USD mn)	378.00 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports (%)	9.27 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Receipts: for Passenger Transport Items (USD mn)	71.00 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items (USD mn)	307.00 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items (USD mn)	72.00 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Expenditures (USD mn)	83.00 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports (%)	1.31 2016	yearly	1995 - 2016
Namibia NA: Goods Trade: % of GDP (%)	96.63 2016	yearly	1980 - 2016
Namibia NA: Import Volume Index (2000=100)	345.72 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Namibia NA: Binding Coverage: Manufactured Products (%)	99.45 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products (%)	17.13 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Share of Tariff Lines with International Peaks: Manufactured Product... (%)	29.27 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products (%)	7.71 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products (%)	8.19 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: Manufactured Products (%)	0.09 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products (%)	0.63 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Produc... (%)	8.17 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Binding Coverage: All Products (%)	94.29 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: All Products (%)	19.18 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Share of Tariff Lines with International Peaks: All Products (%)	28.05 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: All Products (%)	7.42 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: All Products (%)	7.67 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: All Products (%)	0.84 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: All Products (%)	1.03 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: All Products (%)	7.82 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Binding Coverage: Primary Products (%)	80.03 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: Primary Products (%)	26.88 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Share of Tariff Lines with International Peaks: Primary Products (%)	19.48 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: Primary Products (%)	5.64 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Primary Products (%)	6.24 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: Primary Products (%)	4.93 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Primary Products (%)	1.65 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: Primary Products (%)	7.09 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Agricultural Raw Materials (%)	0.65 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Food (%)	13.46 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Fuel (%)	10.16 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: ICT: Goods Imports: % Total Goods Imports (%)	3.08 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Insurance & Fina... (%)	4.31 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Manufactures (%)	61.91 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Ores & Metals (%)	13.29 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: Goods (USD mn)	6,843.90 2016	yearly	1980 - 2016
Namibia NA: Import Value Index (2000=100)	433.69 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Computer, Commun... (%)	58.67 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: Commercial Service (USD mn)	525.67 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Transport (%)	25.93 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Imports: % of Commercial Service Imports: Services: Travel (%)	11.10 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Net Barter Terms of Trade Index (2000=100)	128.91 2016	yearly	1980 - 2016
Namibia NA: Export Volume Index (2000=100)	186.34 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Agricultural Raw Materials (%)	1.14 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Food (%)	36.27 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Fuel (%)	0.50 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: ICT: Goods Exports: % of Total Goods Exports (%)	0.17 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Insurance & Fina... (%)	5.07 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Manufactures (%)	39.14 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Goods Exports: Ores & Metals (%)	22.59 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: Goods (USD mn)	4,084.06 2016	yearly	1980 - 2016
Namibia NA: Export Value Index (2000=100)	301.33 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Computer, Commun... (%)	40.11 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: Commercial Service (USD mn)	499.75 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: High-Technology Exports (USD mn)	23.95 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Namibia NA: High-Technology Exports: % of Manufactured Exports (%)	2.19 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Transport (%)	17.12 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Namibia NA: Exports: % of Commercial Service Exports: Services: Travel (%)	37.70 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Cereal Production (Metric Ton)	128,502.00 2016	yearly	1961 - 2016
Namibia NA: Methane Emissions in Energy Sector: Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equi... (Metric Ton th)	126.46 2008	yearly	1969 - 2008
Namibia NA: Energy Related Methane Emissions: % of Total (%)	2.56 2008	yearly	1970 - 2008
Namibia NA: Agricultural Nitrous Oxide Emissions: Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Eq... (Metric Ton th)	2,645.50 2008	yearly	1969 - 2008
Namibia NA: Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Energy Sector: Thousand Metric Tons of CO... (Metric Ton th)	119.82 2008	yearly	1969 - 2008
Namibia NA: PFC Gas Emissions: Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent (Metric Ton th)	0.00 2010	yearly	1990 - 2010
Namibia NA: SF6 Gas Emissions: Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent (Metric Ton th)	0.00 2010	yearly	1990 - 2010
Namibia NA: Population in Largest City (Person)	393,419.00 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population (%)	31.97 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Namibia NA: Terrestrial Protected Areas: % of Total Land Area (%)	37.89 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Namibia NA: Automated Teller Machines (ATMs): per 100,000 Adults (Number)	64.41 2016	yearly	2006 - 2016
Namibia NA: Claims on Central Government: Annual Growth as % of Broad Money (%)	6.71 2017	yearly	1991 - 2017
Namibia NA: Claims on Other Sectors of The Domestic Economy: Annual Growth as % ... (%)	5.31 2017	yearly	2002 - 2017
Namibia NA: Claims on Private Sector: Annual Growth as % of Broad Money (%)	5.00 2017	yearly	1991 - 2017
Namibia NA: Broad Money (NAD mn)	94,142.77 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Broad Money: % of GDP (%)	53.39 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Broad Money: to Total Reserves Ratio (%)	2.91 2017	yearly	1992 - 2017
Namibia NA: Broad Money: Average Annual Growth Rate (%)	9.53 2017	yearly	1991 - 2017
Namibia NA: Claims on Central Government: % GDP (%)	12.30 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Namibia NA: Claims on Other Sectors of The Domestic Economy: % of GDP (%)	66.56 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
Namibia NA: Delay in Obtaining An Electrical Connection (Day)	20.30 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Namibia NA: Power Outages in Firms in A Typical Month (Unit)	0.60 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Namibia NA: Firms Expected to Give Gifts in Meetings with Tax Officials: % of Fi... (%)	5.30 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Namibia NA: Labour Tax and Contributions: % of Commercial Profits (%)	1.90 2017	yearly	2005 - 2017
Namibia NA: Other Taxes Payable by Businesses: % of Commercial Profits (%)	2.20 2017	yearly	2005 - 2017
Namibia NA: Profit Tax: % of Commercial Profits (%)	16.70 2017	yearly	2005 - 2017
Namibia NA: GDP: Gross National Expenditure: Deflator (2010=100)	142.98 2017	yearly	1980 - 2017
Namibia NA: GDP: Gross Fixed Capital Formation: Private Sector (NAD mn)	22,470.21 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016

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