Namibia

Sub-Saharan Africa · Windhoek

Rank #120 of 173

27.7Strength score

Photos

Namibia̠soldier̠ArmyGame2021 — Namibia̠soldier̠ArmyGame2021mil.ru · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Namibian navy Cmdr. Gotlieb Pandeni takes a photograph as high speed vessel Swift (HSV-2) pulls into Walvis Bay, Namibia, May 22, 2012, for a port visit in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2012 120522-N-JL721-003 — Namibian navy Cmdr. Gotlieb Pandeni takes a photograph as high speed vessel Swift (HSV-2) pulls into Walvis Bay, Namibia, May 22, 2012, for a port visit in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2012 120522-N-JL721-003LCDR Suzanna Brugler · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Namibian Air Force - Harbin Y12-II — Namibian Air Force - Harbin Y12-IIAlan Lebeda · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance72
Air power—
Manpower65
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $411M #116
Budget as % of GDP: 2.77% #41
Spending per person: $133 #75
GDP: $15.1B #144
Population: 3,092,816 #134

Manpower

Active personnel: 16,000 (World Bank figure) #116
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 16,000 #117

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)