Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6).

The Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) is a comprehensive multisectoral document aiming at fostering economic growth, inclusiveness, and resilience for sustainable development through the diversification of the Namibian economy, natural resource beneficiation, and youth empowerment. The document is poised to address three fundamental needs of society: namely, Wealth Creation, Improved Equality, and Employment Creation. The Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) is structured around four Key Result Areas, including (1) Economic Growth, Transformation, and Resilience, which aims to achieve sustainable economic growth and shared prosperity for all Namibians. This includes targets such as maintaining average economic growth of at least 7% over the plan period and increasing the employment rate from 63% to 75%. The Plan places particular emphasis on industrial development, intending to raise the contribution of the secondary sector to 25% of GDP, including 18% from manufacturing, alongside expanded job creation. It also prioritizes sustainability and innovation through the promotion of green jobs, and seeks to enhance export competitiveness by increasing the share of manufactured products in total exports to 60%; (2) Human Development and Community Resilience, which seeks to accelerate human development and enable individuals and communities to achieve their full potential. This includes (i) improving overall living standards; (ii) enhancing human capital productivity; (iii) increasing the average school completion rate from 26% to 50%; (iv) raising per capita income, particularly in the least developed regions; (v) strengthening national innovation by increasing research expenditure from 0.73% to 1% of GDP; (3) Environmental Sustainability, which aims to promote sustainable development by strengthening resilience, enhancing adaptability, and unlocking green growth opportunities. This includes (i) increasing the share of sustainably managed national water protected areas from 40 to 65%; (ii) expanding the availability of water resources; (iii) boosting renewable energy production; and (iv) increasing the value added from landed fish from 23 to 45%; (4) Effective Governance and Public Service Delivery, which aims to build a competent public sector that delivers services efficiently and with quality, thereby improving overall living standards. This includes (i) strengthening governance performance; (ii) reducing corruption, as reflected in lowering the corruption perception score from 78 to 65%; (iii) achieving full (100%) adoption of performance management systems across Offices, Ministries, and Agencies (OMAs); (iv) attaining and sustaining the top position in Africa on the World Press Freedom Index; and (v) fostering a resilient and competitive private sector by increasing economic freedom from 45 to 60%.
The environmental sustainability agenda aims to promote sustainable development by strengthening resilience, enhancing adaptability, and creating green growth opportunities. Key measures to achieve this include expanding and sustainably managing natural resources, particularly by increasing protected water areas; improving water security through greater availability and better resource management; accelerating the transition to renewable energy; and enhancing value addition in natural resource sectors such as fisheries. These actions are complemented by broader efforts to support climate change adaptation and mitigation, strengthen ecosystem and biodiversity management, and promote the sustainable use of land and aquatic resources, ensuring long-term environmental protection alongside economic development. In the water and sanitation sector, the declared measures are (i) develop a national water, sanitation, and hygiene information system; (ii) strengthen coordination and institutional capacity of the wash sector at all levels; (iii) expand water supply infrastructure in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas; (iv) ensure affordability of water for poor and vulnerable households; (v) promote nationwide sanitation and hygiene awareness campaigns; (vi) scale up sanitation coverage in both urban and rural areas.
The financing of NDP6 will be guided by an Integrated Financing Framework, drawing on a combination of conventional and non‑conventional sources of funding. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) will be conducted on a quarterly, biannual, and annual basis, with a primary focus on tracking inputs and outputs to ensure accountability, performance, and effective implementation.