Tax revenue in Namibia
Namibia: Tax revenue was 33.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Namibia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue in Namibia is 33.9%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Namibia peaked at 34.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 1990.
Namibia ranks 2nd of 157 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 23.0% | — |
| 1991 | 27.0% | +17.2% |
| 1992 | 25.1% | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 26.1% | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 24.1% | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 25.0% | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 24.0% | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 26.7% | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 25.7% | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 27.9% | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 27.4% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 26.3% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 26.1% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 23.2% | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 24.3% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 29.1% | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 30.5% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 29.7% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 29.1% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 25.5% | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 29.6% | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 33.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 34.6% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 33.4% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 29.7% | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 31.3% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 28.9% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 28.1% | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 27.2% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 32.7% | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 33.9% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.5% | 23.0% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.1% | 23.2% | 30.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 25.5% | 34.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.6% | 27.2% | 33.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 1 Lesotho 35.4% compare
- 3 Denmark 33.4% compare
- 4 New Zealand 29.5% compare
- 5 Luxembourg 28.6% compare
More public sector data for Namibia
- Arms imports 54.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 17.82 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -77.78 % change on previous year (2014)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 54.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 119.6 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0266 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 362.39 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 42.51 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Namibia?
- Tax revenue in Namibia was 33.9% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 34.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 1990.
- How does Namibia rank for tax revenue?
- Namibia ranks 2nd out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. 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.