Current budget balance, including grants in Namibia
Namibia: Current budget balance, including grants was -2.50 billion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Current budget balance, including grants in Namibia, 1980–2011
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Namibia recorded -2.50 billion current LCU for current budget balance, including grants in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4,493.0% on the previous year and down 1,789.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current budget balance, including grants in Namibia peaked at 6.86 billion current LCU in 2007 and was at its lowest, -2.50 billion current LCU, in 2011.
Namibia ranks 45th of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -81.59 million current LCU | -242.44 million current LCU | 170.57 million current LCU | 10 |
| 1990s | 131.76 million current LCU | -143.64 million current LCU | 251.22 million current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.96 billion current LCU | -1.25 billion current LCU | 6.86 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.22 billion current LCU | -2.50 billion current LCU | 57.00 million current LCU | 2 |
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- Scientific and technical journal articles 231.33 (2023)
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- Patent applications, nonresidents 12 (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is current budget balance, including grants in Namibia?
- Current budget balance, including grants in Namibia was -2.50 billion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest current budget balance, including grants recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.86 billion current LCU in 2007.
- What is the lowest current budget balance, including grants recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.50 billion current LCU in 2011.
- How does Namibia rank for current budget balance, including grants?
- Namibia ranks 45th out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
- Is current budget balance, including grants rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1,789.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Current budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The excess of current revenue over current expenditure. data are in current local currencies.