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About

Belgium-Namibia Trade: In 2022, Belgium exported $21.4M to Namibia. The main products that Belgium exported to Namibia were Diamonds ($4.46M), Industrial Food Preperation Machinery ($2.84M), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($2.19M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Belgium to Namibia have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.05%, from $23.7M in 2017 to $21.4M in 2022.

In 2022, Belgium did not export any services to Namibia.

Namibia-Belgium Trade: In 2022, Namibia exported $200M to Belgium. The main products that Namibia exported to Belgium were Diamonds ($124M), Copper Ore ($59.8M), and Wood Charcoal ($5.4M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Namibia to Belgium have decreased at an annualized rate of 13.3%,  from $409M in 2017 to $200M in 2022.

In 2022, Namibia did not export any services to Belgium.

Comparison: In 2022,  Belgium ranked 19 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.25), and 13 in total exports ($475B). That same year, Namibia ranked 94 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.63), and 121 in total exports ($6.18B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, Belgium exported $21.4M to Namibia. The main products exported from Belgium to Namibia were Diamonds ($4.46M), Industrial Food Preperation Machinery ($2.84M), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($2.19M). During the last 5 years the exports of Belgium to Namibia have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.05%, from $23.7M in 2017 to $21.4M in 2022.

In 2017, Namibia exported $200M to Belgium. The main products exported from Namibia to Belgium were Diamonds ($124M), Copper Ore ($59.8M), and Wood Charcoal ($5.4M). During the last 5 years the exports of Namibia to Belgium have decreased at an annualized rate of 13.3%, from $409M in 2022 to $200M in 2017.

Exports from Belgium (Flag) to Namibia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Namibia (Flag) to Belgium (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Belgium
Top Destination
Germany$91.9B
Namibia
Top Destination
South Africa$1.75B

This map shows whether countries import more from Belgium or Namibia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Belgium and Namibia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Belgium than Namibia included Germany ($91.9B), France ($71.1B), and Netherlands ($65.7B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Namibia than Belgium included Botswana ($672M), South Africa ($1.75B), and Zambia ($279M).

Difference in imports from Namibia (Flag) and Belgium (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Belgium - Namibia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Belgium and Namibia by product, considering products traded by both, Belgium and Namibia.

During 2022, Belgium had a large net trade with Namibia in the exports of Machines ($6.59M), Chemical Products ($5.47M), and Precious Metals ($4.46M).

During 2017, Namibia had a large net trade with Belgium in the exports of Precious Metals ($124M), Mineral Products ($66.1M), and Wood Products ($5.4M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Belgium Namibia+$2.04MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Namibia Belgium+$1.06MFish Fillets

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Belgium and Namibia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Belgium indicates it has a comparative advantage over Namibia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Namibia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Belgium.

Product Space of Belgium (Flag) and Namibia (Flag) (2022)

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