Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Namibia instead of District of Columbia, you would:

Health

be 27.8% less likely to be obese

In District of Columbia, 25.3% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 18.3% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 3.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In District of Columbia, 6.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Namibia, that number is 19.3% as of 2025.

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make 97.7% less money

District of Columbia has a GDP per capita of $209,167 as of 2024, while in Namibia, the GDP per capita is $4,876 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 28.2% less likely to have internet access

In District of Columbia, approximately 90.3% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Namibia, about 64.9% do as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. 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 became 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. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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