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Namibia: External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

-19.23percent · 2025+27.4% since 2015

The balance of international trade in goods and services is the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Namibia from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-19.227
2024-25.871
2023-23.248
2022-18.346
2021-19.631
2020-9.57
2019-10.099
2018-9.949
2017-13.978
2016-23.947
2015-26.497
2014-25.046
2013-22.721
2012-20.097
2011-11.11
2010-11.509
2009-20.636
2008-12.338
2007-5.269
20063.9
20050.137
2004-2.266
2003-9.094
2002-2.077
2001-6.472
2000-3.66
1999-8.239
1998-9.391
1997-7.549
1996-5.735
1995-4.183
1994-1.283
1993-2.888
1992-5.944
1991-5.871
1990-6.638
19893.36
19881.503
1987-4.908
198610.333
198511.501
1984-6.178
1983-7.607
1982-8.571
1981-11.398
198014.113

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World Bank (2026). External balance on goods and services (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-balance-on-goods-and-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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