Area Database (v4.2)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Namibia
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Namibia (Africa)  
Total 79.0 78.9 78.7 78.5 78.3 78.2 78.0 77.8 77.7 76.2 74.7 73.2 71.7 70.2 68.8 68.2 67.6 67.0 66.4 65.9 65.3 64.7 64.1 63.5 63.0
Central 74.5 74.5 74.5 74.5
Northeast 95.0 95.0 95.0 95.0
Northwest 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2
South 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0
Caprivi 99.9 99.3 98.6 98.0 97.0 96.0 95.1 94.1 93.1 92.1 91.3 90.5 89.8 89.0 88.2 87.4 86.7 85.9 85.1 84.3
Erongo 43.2 43.5 43.8 44.1 44.4 44.7 45.0 45.3 45.6 45.8 44.4 43.0 41.5 40.1 38.6 37.2 35.8 34.3 32.9 31.4
Hardap 76.6 75.0 73.4 71.9 70.3 68.7 67.1 65.5 63.9 62.3 60.1 58.0 55.8 53.6 51.5 49.3 47.2 45.0 42.8 40.7
Karas 38.6 40.6 42.5 44.4 46.3 48.3 50.2 52.1 54.1 56.0 55.6 55.1 54.7 54.3 53.9 53.4 53.0 52.6 52.1 51.7
Kavango 89.9 90.0 90.0 90.1 90.1 90.2 90.3 90.3 90.4 90.4 90.2 89.9 89.6 89.4 89.1 88.9 88.6 88.4 88.1 87.8
Khomas 63.7 60.2 56.7 53.1 49.6 46.1 42.6 39.0 35.5 32.0 32.5 33.1 33.6 34.1 34.6 35.2 35.7 36.2 36.7 37.3
Kunene 81.3 81.5 81.7 82.0 82.2 82.4 82.7 82.9 83.2 83.4 82.3 81.2 80.2 79.1 78.0 76.9 75.9 74.8 73.7 72.6
Ohangwena 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 99.5 98.9 98.4 97.8 97.3 96.7 96.0 95.3 94.6 93.8 93.1 92.4 91.7 91.0 90.2 89.5
Omaheke 95.9 94.4 92.9 91.4 89.9 88.4 86.9 85.5 84.0 82.5 81.2 80.0 78.7 77.5 76.3 75.0 73.8 72.5 71.3 70.0
Omusati 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 99.1 98.3 97.4 96.6 95.7 94.8 94.3 93.7 93.1 92.5 91.9 91.4 90.8 90.2 89.6 89.1
Oshana 90.2 89.3 88.5 87.6 86.7 85.8 84.9 84.0 83.2 82.3 81.0 79.7 78.4 77.0 75.7 74.4 73.1 71.8 70.5 69.2
Oshikoto 89.7 88.4 87.0 85.6 84.2 82.9 81.5 80.1 78.8 77.4 77.7 77.9 78.2 78.5 78.8 79.0 79.3 79.6 79.9 80.2
Otjozondjupa 72.5 71.8 71.1 70.4 69.7 69.0 68.3 67.6 66.9 66.3 64.4 62.5 60.6 58.7 56.8 54.9 53.0 51.1 49.2 47.3
Lighter numbers are estimates