Resources For

Data and Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Namibia: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Namibia Country Data Profile . Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data
	Millennium Development Goals for Namibia : Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Namibia Country Data Profile
	Namibia-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Source

DDP: a web resource for retrieving and reporting development-related data. It can prepare reports, charts and maps which can be published and shared over the web.
-- DDP Microdata: DDP Microdata, developed and maintained by the Development Data Group (DECDG), is a federated repository of survey data and documentation, providing authorized users with access to unit record-level datasets. The catalog is maintained through collaborative efforts by several depositors and holds information on household, investment climate, service delivery and client feedback surveys.
-- DDP Time Series: The time series component of DDP provides access to databases from the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations, and other international organizations which gather and disseminate international statistics.

Surveys: Household, Client Feedback, Service Deliveries...

Data by Topic
	Doing Business in Namibia: Summaries of the cost of doing business in Namibia, based on an assessment of regulations or practices that enhance or constrain business investment, productivity, and growth.
	Gender Statistics: A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
	HNPStats: The World Bank’s comprehensive database of Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) statistics.
	Education Statistics: EdStats collects worldwide data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources.

Poverty Data
	Africa Development Indicators: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
	World Development Indicators: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2004 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
	Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Namibia

African Development Bank
	Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
	World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Namibia.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
	Human Development Indicators in Namibia: Sshows Namibia's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
	UNAIDS/WHO -- Data on Namibia: HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.

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