Namibia

Background Information

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank income group

Upper middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

30% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

416,136 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

249,366 (UIS, 2020)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

7%

Source: UNSDG, 2013

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

64

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

32%

Source: DHS, 2013

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

54%

Source: DHS, 2013

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Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

7

Source: UIS, 2019

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

No data available

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Completion rate

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Out-of-school rate

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