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NAMIBIA Sonja Liukkonen: 614755

Namibia- Key facts Population: 2.3 million Capital: Windhoek Population density (per. Sq km): 3 ( Driest and one of the most sparsely populated countries on earth.) UN HDI: World ranking 127

Income, Poverty & Inequality Mean 💰/month Headcount % Poverty gap % Gini Index 2009 237.07 21.60 6.65 60.97 2003 211.34 31.46 10.17 63.32 1993 196.41 52.87 27.77 n.a Poverty has been decreasing between 1993-2009 The income level has been increasing in Namibia and at the same time inequality has been decreasing.

GDP GDP PC 2013: 4565 in U.S dollars GDP Growth 1995-2013: 2.49 % Real Growth in GDP 2007-2011

Overview Namibia has enjoyned a sustained period of strong growth Political stability is one reason for economic growth and poverty reduction Still Namibia remains one of the most unequal countries in the world with a high gini coeffient All Namibias major production sectors (mining, tourism, livestock and meat production, and fisheries ) are vulnerable to external economic and ecological shocks.

References World Bank, 2017. [online] Available at: <http://www.worldbank.org> [Accessed 13 May 2017]. The common wealth, 2017. [online] Available at: <http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member- countries/namibia/economy [Accessed 13 May 2017].