NEPRU has updated the Social Accounting Matrix for Namibia with 2004 data. If you are interested in the spreadsheet kindly send an email to nepru@nepru.org.na.

Welcome to the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit's Website

NEPRU's mission is to support Namibia's national development goals by providing economic policy advice, conducting economic research and building economic research capacity.

"We cannot manage what we cannot measure!"

(Trevor Manuel - Minister of Finance - South Africa)

"Economic research generates the knowledge we need for better policy making."

(Nahas Angula - Prime Minister - Republic of Namibia)

"Access to independent, objective, accurate and reliable economic research and data is indispensible for wise decision making to achieve Vision 2030."

(Harold Pupkewitz - President - Namibian Employers' Federation)

Key Economic Indicators

	Value	Date	Source
USD (NAD per USD)	7.34	76/07/10	Bank of Namibia
EUR (NAD per EUR)	9.55	27/07/10	Bank of Namibia
GBP (NAD per GBP)	11.43	26/07/10	Bank of Namibia
Interest rate Namibia	7.00%	31/05/10	Bank of Namibia
Interest rate South Africa	6.50%	22/06/10	South African Reserve Bank
Interest rate Euro Zone	1.00%	31/05/10	European Central Bank
Interest rate USA	0.25%	24/05/10	Federal Reserve Bank-New York
Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index	800.30	29/07/10	NSX
Johannesburg Stock Exchange - All Share Index	28,550.07	29/07/10	JSE
FTSE 100	5,288.64	29/07/10	London Stock Exchange
Deutscher Aktien Index (DAX)	6,134.70	29/07/10	Deutsche Boerse Group
Dow Jones Index	10,467.16	29/07/10	Dow Jones Indexes
Zinc (USD/Ton)	1,970.00	29/07/10	London Metal Exchange
Copper (USD/Ton)	7,205.00	28/07/10	London Metal Exchange
Gold (USD/Oz)	1,189.25	16/07/10	World Gold Council
Oil (USD/Barrel) (Europe Brent FOB)	76.31	20/07/10	EIA
Uranium(USD/lb)	41.75	19/07/10	The UX Consulting Company
White maize (NAD/ton)	1,651.00	29/04/10	SAFEX
Wheat (NAD/ton)	2,095.00	29/04/10	SAFEX
Beef (NAD/kg) Meat RSA avg. parity price	19.60	22/07/10	Meat Board
Beef (NAD/kg) Meatco avg. price incl. premiums (230kg)	18.71	29/07/10	Meat Board
Corruption Perception Index	4.5 (4.5)	2009 (2008)	Transparency International
Global Competitiveness Index - Global Rank	74 (80)	2009 (2008)	World Economic Forum
Global Competitiveness Index - Africa Rank	6 (8)	2008 (2007)	World Economic Forum
Fitch Sovereign Rating for Namibia	BBB-	Oct. 2008	Fitch Ratings

Historical economic indicators can be found on Economic Indicator Tables (EXCEL FORMAT)