How dependent is Namibia on South Africa?

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A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• South Africa sells 2.4% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 1,023.5 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 1.3% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 604.7 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 2.2% of what the world exports of corn; next come United States (23.9%), Brazil (19.5%) and Argentina (16.3%). The rest of the world exported 465.7 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 1.2% of what the world exports of cane and beet sugar; next come Brazil (47.2%), Thailand (6.2%) and India (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 443.5 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.08% of what the world exports of medicines in measured doses or retail packs; next come Germany (13.2%), Switzerland (9%) and Italy (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 5,755 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 1.8% of what the world exports of wine; next come France (33.8%), Italy (23%) and Spain (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 743.9 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.43% of what the world exports of pet and animal feed; next come Germany (9.9%), United States (9.5%) and Netherlands (8.9%). The rest of the world exported 932.3 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.31% of what the world exports of tractors; next come Mexico (15.9%), Germany (14.8%) and China (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,432.3 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.34% of what the world exports of plastic packaging; next come China (19.5%), United States (10.1%) and Germany (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,474.1 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.62% of what the world exports of detergents and surfactants; next come Germany (10.8%), United States (9.5%) and China (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,037.4 times what Namibia buys from South Africa.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Namibia is South Africa’s 10th-largest customer, with 2.2% of its exports.

• Trade between Namibia and South Africa
• Who does Namibia rely on?
• Who does South Africa rely on?
• Trade profile of Namibia
• Trade profile of South Africa
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.