Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Namibia
Namibia
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
10 564 4 968 -0.6 1 989 40.0
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
104 80 145 119
Imports
110 85 161 135
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. a Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 5 600 6 823
2010-2020 na 2
2020 0.03
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 -16 -2
2020 -10 -16 2020 0.04
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 24.1
Fuels and mining products: 53.1
Agricultural products: 13.9
Fuels and mining products: 36.1
Manufactures: 22.7
Other: 0
Manufactures: 49.9
Other: 0.1
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
China: 34.1
European Union: 17.4
South Africa: 14.5
Botswana: 8
Zambia: 4.2
Other: 21.8
South Africa: 36.2 European Union: 9.2 China: 4.5
Zambia: 19.1 Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 5.5 Other: 25.5
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0102 HS0806 HS2203 HS0207 HS0104
2020 . 64 49 35 34 17
Live bovine animals Grapes, fresh or dried Beer made from malt Meat and edible offal of poultry Live sheep and goats
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1701 HS0207 HS2203 HS1005 HS2204
2020
Cane or beet sugar Meat and edible offal of poultry Beer made from malt Maize (corn) Wine of fresh grapes
61 51 48 41 40
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS0102
HS1701
HS0806
HS0207
HS2203
HS2203
HS0207
HS1005
HS0104
HS2204
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 287 815
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 -8 -1
2019 -11 12
2020 -38 -18
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7402 HS7102 HS2612 HS7108 HS7403
2020
Unrefined copper Diamonds, whether or not worked Uranium, thorium ores, concentrates Gold Refined copper and copper alloys
1 320 1 039 624 392 330
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS7402 HS2603 HS2710 HS7403 HS7102
2020
Unrefined copper Copper ores and concentrates Petroleum oils, other than crude Refined copper and copper alloys Diamonds, whether or not worked
1 185 571 540 362 339
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS7402
HS7402
HS7102
HS2603
HS2612
HS2710
HS7108
HS7403
HS7403
HS7102
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 5 307 6 006
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 0 2
2019 -16 -4
2020 -8 -15
a Break in series: 2017 for exports.
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Namibia TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
352 419 2020 0.01
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
-6 -4
2019
2020
-11 1
-46 -22 2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 11.8 Other commercial services: 16
Travel: 33.6 Goods-related services: 38.7
Transport: 24.1 Other commercial services: 57.8
By main destination
Travel: 13.8 Goods-related services: 4.3
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Namibia
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 41 101
Exports By sea By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value na 27 13
2010-2020 -13 -3
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -7 -10
Imports By sea By air (2020) By other (2020)
na 64.4 30.6
2020 -62 -26
Value
Share (%)
na 1 100
na 1.2 98.7
Travel Namibia
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 118 58
2010-2020 -9 9
Annual percentage change 2019 -8 77
2020 -66 -25
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 10.5
Other commercial services Exports Imports
Construction 39.4
19.8
Financial services
2020
2010-2020
56 242
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
-3 -5
2020
ICTs
30.3
Value
2010-2020
136 18
7 -7
2019
2020
-25 -3
3 -18
2019
2020
-16 -13
1 -40
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
8
Non-residents
12
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
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Residents
342
Non-residents
2 800
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
3 142
Residents
79
Non-residents
60
Total
139
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