- Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Namibians say they or a family member went without enough food to eat at least once during the past year, including one-fifth (19%) who say this happened “many times” or “always” (Figure 1).
- This represents a 26-percentage-point increase compared to 2017 (47%).
- More than six in 10 citizens (62%) report that they went without enough cooking fuel at least once, including 16% who say this happened “many times” or “always” (Figure 2).
- More than six in 10 citizens (62%) report that they went without enough cooking fuel at least once, including 16% who say this happened “many times” or “always” (Figure 2).
- Food shortage/Famine ranks third among the most important problems that Namibians want their government to address, cited by 23% of respondents as one of their three priorities (Figure 3).
- Nearly two-thirds of citizens experienced “moderate lived poverty” (39%) or “high lived poverty” (25%) during the previous year, meaning they frequently went without basic life necessities. This is an 8-percentage-point increase, from 56% to 64%, compared to 2021 (Figure 4).
Almost three-quarters of Namibians went without enough food to eat at least once during the previous year, a recent Afrobarometer survey indicates.
During the same period, more than six in 10 citizens experienced shortages of cooking fuel at least once.
The proportion of citizens who suffer frequent deprivations of food has risen steadily, to the highest levels recorded since 2017. Food shortage ranks in the top three most important problems that Namibians want their government to urgently address.
Overall, nearly two-thirds of Namibians repeatedly went without basic life necessities during the previous year, placing them in the category of moderate or high lived poverty.
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