Namibia – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

NAM

Country

Namibia

Score

33.34

Rank

105

Technology

35.73

People

28.11

Governance

42.26

Impact

27.26

1. Mobile tariffs	49.43	90
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	46.93	60
3. Households with internet acccess	30.19	88
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	39	105
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	1.8	104
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	57.01	107
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	48.53	87
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.07	84

1. Availability of latest technologies	55.76	56
2. Company investment in emerging technology	n/a	n/a
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	42.08	58
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	9.09	77
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	9.1	103
2. High-tech exports	0.41	115
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	n/a	n/a

1. Happiness	37.01	97
2. Freedom to make life choices	52.17	88
3. Income inequality	10.26	106
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	25.64	110

1. Access to basic services	45.29	109
2. Pollution	80.97	74
3. Road safety	13.44	115
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	43.33	95

1. Internet users	45.85	89
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	35.06	42
3. Use of virtual social networks	24.12	100
5. Tertiary enrolment	16.25	88
5. Adult literacy rate	86.9	61
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	27	84
2. Internet shopping	15.54	66
3. Professionals	18.34	77
4. Technicians and associate professionals	23.13	85
5. Extent of staff training	n/a	n/a
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	0.98	72

1. Government online services	39.23	105
2. Publication and use of open data	9.08	90
3.ICT use and government efficiency	30.3	94
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	24.17	63

1. Rule of law	58.92	50
2. Software piracy rate	n/a	n/a
3. Secure Internet servers	42.7	92
4. Cybersecurity	11.84	116
5. Online trust and safety	38.66	79

1. Regulatory quality	50.26	74
2. Ease of doing business	55.04	89
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	40.99	68
4. E-commerce legislation	0	117
5. Social safety net protection	n/a	n/a
6. ICT regulatory environment	69.12	95

1. E-Participation	31.21	107
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	61.49	71
3. Availability of local online content	22.91	106
4. Gender gap in internet use	n/a	n/a
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	67.03	62