Key Facts

GDP (ppp) per CAPITA

$6,300 (2008 est.)

Inflation Rate

10.3% (2008 est.)

Population

2,108,665 (July 2009 est.)

Country Risk Ratings

A3

Ease of Doing Business

51/181

Global Competitiveness

3.99/134

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gE Network

There are 9 members in the
gE Network for this country.

Namibia : Introduction

South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule.

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Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (September 2009)