Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$480 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$887 million (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $160 million (2000 est.)
Currency (code):
Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)
Currency code:
NAD; ZAR
Exchange rates:
Namibian dollars per US dollar - 6.85 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597
(2004), 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Namibia
Telephones - main lines in use:
127,900 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
495,000 (2005)