Namibia
Sub-Saharan Africa · Upper middle income· 3.03M inhabitants
Last updated: November 1, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Namibia
Namibia lags behind global peers in Infrastructure (44, 27th percentile), School Access and Gender Parity (40, 37th percentile), and Innovation (33, 32nd percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
44.52
37th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity40.26
Below global avg. · 37th %-tile
Infrastructure44.41
Below global avg. · 27th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance54.09
Above global avg. · 68th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital50.67
Near the global average · 53rd %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation33.16
Below global avg. · 32nd %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | South Africa | 57.46 |
| 69 | 2 | Mauritius | 57.15 |
| — | — | Seychelles(microstate) | 56.38 |
| 75 | 3 | Botswana | 55.79 |
| 112 | 4 | Namibia | 44.52 |
| 116 | 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.82 |
| 117 | 6 | Ghana | 40.79 |
| 120 | 7 | Cabo Verde | 39.65 |
| 124 | 8 | Eswatini | 37.11 |
| 127 | 9 | Gabon | 35.25 |
| 130 | 10 | Kenya | 33.75 |
| 132 | 11 | Senegal | 32.90 |
| 133 | 12 | Rwanda | 32.79 |
| 135 | 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.31 |
| 138 | 14 | Lesotho | 30.80 |
| — | — | Sao Tome and Principe(microstate) | 30.79 |
| 140 | 15 | Gambia, The | 30.16 |
| 141 | 16 | Zambia | 29.98 |
| 143 | 17 | Zimbabwe | 28.03 |
| 145 | 18 | Tanzania | 27.71 |
| 146 | 19 | Benin | 27.46 |
| 148 | 20 | Togo | 27.30 |
| 149 | 21 | Angola | 27.12 |
| 150 | 22 | Cameroon | 26.66 |
| 151 | 23 | Sierra Leone | 25.51 |
| 152 | 24 | Nigeria | 25.34 |
| 154 | 25 | Mauritania | 24.95 |
| 155 | 26 | Congo, Rep. | 24.86 |
| 156 | 27 | Comoros | 24.58 |
| 158 | 28 | Mozambique | 23.72 |
| 159 | 29 | Uganda | 23.62 |
| 160 | 30 | Ethiopia | 23.20 |
| 161 | 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.13 |
| 162 | 32 | Guinea | 22.69 |
| 163 | 33 | Madagascar | 22.51 |
| 164 | 34 | Malawi | 22.41 |
| 165 | 35 | Burkina Faso | 22.16 |
| 166 | 36 | Mali | 21.92 |
| 167 | 37 | Liberia | 19.95 |
| 168 | 38 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 19.22 |
| 169 | 39 | Niger | 18.89 |
| 170 | 40 | Sudan | 18.72 |
| 172 | 41 | Burundi | 17.51 |
| 173 | 42 | Eritrea | 17.07 |
| 174 | 43 | South Sudan | 15.84 |
| 175 | 44 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 15.50 |
| 176 | 45 | Chad | 13.99 |
| 177 | 46 | Central African Republic | 13.93 |