Financial system deposits to GDP in Namibia
Namibia: Financial system deposits to GDP was 70.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Financial system deposits to GDP in Namibia, 1990–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 70.1% for financial system deposits to gdp in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, financial system deposits to gdp in Namibia peaked at 70.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 1990.
Namibia ranks 70th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.9% | 20.3% | 38.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.5% | 33.7% | 61.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.1% | 52.7% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 70.0% | 70.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 67 Saint Lucia 71.6% compare
- 68 Brazil 71.4% compare
- 69 Iceland 70.2% compare
- 71 Micronesia (country) 69.9% compare
- 72 Norway 69.3% compare
- 73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.1% compare
More financial sector data for Namibia
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 46.1% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.96 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 179.55 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 74.34 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 46.2% (2025)
- Broad money 72.6% (2021)
- Claims on central government, etc. 18.1% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 55.1% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 17.89 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 1,866 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is financial system deposits to gdp in Namibia?
- Financial system deposits to gdp in Namibia was 70.1% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 1990.
- How does Namibia rank for financial system deposits to gdp?
- Namibia ranks 70th out of 183 countries with data for 2021.
- Is financial system deposits to gdp rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Financial system deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks and other financial institutions as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Financial system deposits (IFS lines 24, 25, 44, and 45); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).