Names: conventional long form: Republic of Namibia conventional short form: Namibia local long form: Republic of Namibia local short form: Namibia former: German Southwest Africa, South-West Africa

Capital City: Windhoek

Population: 2,044,147 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $7,400 (2006 est.)

Currency: Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)

Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages (Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)

Total Area: total: 825,418 sq km land: 825,418 sq km water: 0 sq km slightly more than half the size of Alaska

Region: Africa

Industries: meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamonds, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)

Agriculture: millet, sorghum, peanuts, grapes; livestock; fish

Resources: diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore

Labor Force: 653,000 (2006 est.)
agriculture: 47% industry: 20% services: 33% (1999 est.)

Exports: $2.321 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins

Imports: $2.456 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Overview: The economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing of minerals for export. Mining accounts for 20% of GDP. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of nonfuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten. The mining sector employs only about 3% of the population while about half of the population depends on subsistence agriculture for its livelihood. Namibia normally imports about 50% of its cereal requirements; in drought years food shortages are a major problem in rural areas. A high per capita GDP, relative to the region, hides the world's worst inequality of income distribution. The Namibian economy is closely linked to South Africa with the Namibian dollar pegged one-to-one to the South African rand. Privatization of several enterprises in coming years may stimulate long-run foreign investment. Increased fish production and mining of zinc, copper, uranium, and silver spurred growth in 2003-06.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $126,414 in goods to Namibia. This ranks Namibia 112^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Namibia increased from the previous year by $108,656 a change of 611.87%. State exports to Namibia have decreased over the last 5 years by $17,225 a change of -12.01%. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to Namibia.