Portulans Institute

Namibia

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 2,567,013
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 10,791

Performance Overview

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NAM

Country

Namibia

Score

33.87

Rank

112

Technology

33.04

People

27.83

Governance

37.16

Impact

37.44

Pillar: Technology Score: 33.04 Rank: 90
SCORERANK

Access

43.46 112

1. Mobile tariffs

32.20 109

2. Handset prices

33.11 97

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

4.97 118

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

96.09 107

5. International Internet bandwidth

50.93 129

6. Internet access in schools

n/a

Content

26.44 55

1. GitHub commits

2.68 93

2. Internet domain registrations

4.97 60

3. Mobile apps development

71.66 46

4. AI scientific publications

n/a

Future technologies

29.22 79

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

44.52 72

2. Investment in emerging technologies

34.75 84

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

8.39 92
Pillar: People Score: 27.83 Rank: 115
SCORERANK

Individuals

32.82 106

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

0.39 117

2. ICT skills in the education system

n/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

24.93 104

4. Tertiary enrollment

16.56 88

5. Adult literacy rate

89.42 61

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

29.20 110

1. Firms with website

34.54 86

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

13.73 73

3. Knowledge intensive employment

24.97 77

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

71.75 105

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

1.01 74

Governments

21.45 111

1. Government online services

37.18 109

2. Publication and use of open data

8.82 91

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

33.69 77

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

6.12 72
Pillar: Governance Score: 37.16 Rank: 115
SCORERANK

Trust

28.53 104

1. Secure internet servers

42.98 89

2. Cybersecurity

9.91 127

3. Online access to financial account

48.77 35

4. Internet shopping

12.48 85

Regulation

40.18 120

1. Regulatory quality

49.50 72

2. ICT regulatory environment

72.59 88

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

32.47 84

4. E-commerce legislation

0.00 129

5. Privacy protection by law content

46.33 105

Inclusion

42.78 110

1. E-Participation

23.26 115

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

53.45 101

3. Availability of local online content

37.74 102

4. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

56.68 77
Pillar: Impact Score: 37.44 Rank: 115
SCORERANK

Economy

13.58 120

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

3.72 100

2. High-tech exports

0.62 122

3. PCT patent applications

5.60 52

4. Domestic market size

30.90 127

5. Prevalence of gig economy

37.50 71

6. ICT services exports

3.11 105

Quality of life

37.23 127

1. Happiness

48.29 91

2. Freedom to make life choices

51.26 111

3. Income inequality

9.80 115

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

39.57 116

SDG Contribution

61.51 71

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

54.58 94

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

80.53 56

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

74.49 55

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

36.42 116

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