Although arable land accounts for only 1% of Namibia, nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture.
Sledli je krvavi genocid (genocid Herero in Namaqua), pobitih je bilo 10.000 pripadnikov plemena Nama (polovica populacije) in 25.000 do 100.000 (morda tudi 65.000) pripadnikov plemena Herero (tri četrtine populacije).