Namibia vs Upper middle income: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP

Namibia
1.19 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.9842 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Namibia rank
34th
Upper middle income rank
34th

Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Namibia
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 1.19 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9842 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.2058 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Namibia ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 186 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9824 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0423 current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia
1990s 1.04 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0298 current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia
2000s 1.05 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9714 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0775 current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia
2010s 1.17 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9892 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1829 current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia
2020s 1.19 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9839 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2094 current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, Namibia or Upper middle income?
Namibia, at 1.19 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9842 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between Namibia and Upper middle income?
0.2058 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Upper middle income?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Upper middle income rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Namibia ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
229 places, 10,825 data points, 1960–2025
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Gross national expenditure (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.