1. NAMIBIA
Sonja Liukkonen:

2. 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

3. Society and politics
Namibia become independent of South-Africa in 1990
Namibia is lead by president (Hage Geingob)
Namibian politics has been dominated by the Liberation Movement SWAPO as a political party throughout its independence
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4. Population Growth
1993: 1,61
2003: 2,00
2009: 2,19
Source: World Bank PovcalNet

5. Population Growth Population growth rate is 3.5%.
However, growing at 4.5% per year, the urban population as a share of total population increased from 28% in 1991 to 43% in 2011.
About 74% of the Namibian households cannot afford conventional housing and only 57% of urban households have access to sanitation facilities, which has serious environmental and health implications.
Source: African Economic Outlook 2016

6. Mean income in dollars/month
1993: 196
2003: 211
2009: 237
Source: World Bank PovcalNet

7. Headcount % poverty line (PPP $1.9 / day) 1993-2009
Source: World Bank PovcalNet

8. Poverty headcount % ratio at national poverty lines (Namibia, urba, rural)
Source World Bank

9. Poverty gap (PPP $1.9 / day)
Source: World Bank PovcalNet

10. Squared poverty gap (PPP $1.9 / day)

11. Gini Index
Source: World Bank PovcalNet

12. GDP per capita 1993-2013 ( current us dollars)
Source: World Bank

13. Inequality
Namibia has the third highest level of income inequality in the world
Namibia has high unemployment rate
HIV prevalence rate of 16.9 percent
Namibia has no comprehensive welfare system
The country’s status as upper middle income makes its poor ineligible for aid from the UNDP and other development groups.

14. Overview Namibia has enjoyned a sustained period of strong growth.
Namibia is one of the richest countries in Africa, but it is one of the most inequal country in the world
Poverty and inequality has been decreasing but it has not been sufficient enough compared to economic growth
Income distribution could help poverty reduction since the gini coeffient is extremily high
All Namibias major production sectors (mining, tourism, livestock and meat production, and fisheries ) are vulnerable to external economic and ecological shocks.