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Inflation rate in Namibia

How fast are prices rising where I live — or where I might?

Namibia's inflation rate is 3.51 % — #50 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

3.51%

Checked 20 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB)

At 3.5 % a year, prices double in about 21 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in Namibia over time

9.45 %5.73 %2.00 %2 % target9.45 % · 20092.21 % · 20202003: 7.14 %2004: 4.14 %2005: 2.28 %2006: 4.96 %2007: 6.55 %2008: 9.09 %2009: 9.45 %2010: 4.87 %2011: 5.01 %2012: 6.72 %2013: 5.60 %2014: 5.35 %2015: 3.39 %2016: 6.73 %2017: 6.15 %2018: 4.29 %2019: 3.72 %2020: 2.21 %2021: 3.62 %2022: 6.08 %2023: 5.88 %2024: 4.24 %2025: 3.51 %2003201420253.51 %
23 official observations, 2003 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#50 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
60 %
76 of 126 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.73 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.94 pp
peak 9.45 % in 2009
Full series
▼ 3.63 pp
since 2003

In Africa: #6 of 21vs median 3.12 %: +0.39 pp (worse)

The doubling clock

At Namibia's current 3.51 % — prices double in~20 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Namibia: ahead of 60 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationNamibia 3.51 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Namibia is ahead of 60 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Namibia
48 Guyana3.33 %−0.18 pp
49 Belize1.06 %−2.45 pp
50 Namibia3.51 %—
51 Austria3.53 %+0.02 pp
52 Tajikistan3.54 %+0.03 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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