The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has released the 2025 Annual National Accounts. The economy's performance reveals both advantages and disadvantages for Namibians and the country at large.
The CEO and Statistician-General at NSA, Alex Shimuafeni, detailed the 2025 National Accounts, providing estimates on key variables that contribute to the overall performance of Namibia's economy.
In nominal terms, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stood at N$269.8 billion during the reporting period compared to N$250.0 billion recorded in 2024. This shows an expansion of N$19.7 billion. The domestic economy, as measured by the real GDP (taking inflation into consideration), maintained a growth trend since 2021, posting an increase of 1.7% during the year under review, relative to a growth of 3.8% recorded in 2024.
Economist Indileni Nanghonga highlighted concerns about Namibia's debt-to-GDP ratio.
"I think one of my concerns and concerns that I always have are obviously our debt-to-GDP numbers. Our debt to GDP ratio is over 60%. I think it's a matter of again understanding if we are raising so much debt and we're not catching up in terms of economic growth and even in terms of our socioeconomic impact and socioeconomic matrices, then what are we doing as a country? Because there will come a time when we can't repay that."
NSA also released the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Sector Indicators Statistical Bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2025. Shimuafeni detailed the performance of these sectors when compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
"During the fourth quarter of 2025, production of controlled agronomy [white maize, wheat and mahangu (pearl millet) and their products thereof] stood at 22 643 tonnes, compared to 4 758 tonnes recorded in the same quarter of 2024, translating into an increase of 375.9 per cent in production level."
Rosa Harris, an agriculture statistician at NSA, broke down the sector's mixed results in the fourth quarter of 2025. Harris focused on agronomy products, horticulture, livestock auctions, and landings of fish quotas.
"We have, for the quarter under review, an increase of 375.9% in production level recorded for agronomy products. And then in terms of auction price, there was an increase of 38.9%. And then when we look at our fish quota species, we have recorded a decline of 20.8%.