Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India
High CommissionNamibia · High Commissioner: Mr. Prashant Agrawal
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In short
India’s high commission in Namibia records bilateral trade of $568.4m, a reported community of 65, 8 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 73%. Led by Mr. Prashant Agrawal, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$568.4m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Namibia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial” section
“In the year 2024-25, the two-way trade touched US$568.40 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence65
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Namibia"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 65 = 65”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence8
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 August 2009)
“MOU BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTS — 31 August 2009”
Published: 31 August 2009 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
73%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Namibia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 83 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to NamibiaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$327.2m
Bilateral Brief — Namibia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial” section
“India’s exports were at US$327.21 million and imports from Namibia amounted to US$241.19 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from NamibiaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$241.2m
Bilateral Brief — Namibia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial” section
“India’s exports were at US$327.21 million and imports from Namibia amounted to US$241.19 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$86.0m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief2
Bilateral Brief — Namibia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High-Level visits/meetings” section
“Two MoUs were signed, one in the field of Health and Medicine and the other on the establishment of India-Namibia Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Namibia.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Namibia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High-Level visits/meetings” section
“Prime Minister Modi paid a State Visit to Namibia on 9 July 2025 and held a bilateral meeting with Dr. Netumo Nandi-Ndaitwah, President of the Republic of Namibia.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (8)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA (ACTING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, IMMIGRATION, SAFETY AND SECURITY ON BEHALF OF THE NAMIBIAN POLICE FORENSIC INSTITUTE (NPFSI)) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA (ACTING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCES UNIVERSITY (NFSU)) ON FIELDS OF ACADEMIC COOPERATIONEducation20 July 2022
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON AUTHORISING SPOUSES AND DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR CONSULAR POST TO ENGAGE IN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENTSocial Security20 July 2022
- AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND TOURISM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (HEREINAFTER INDIVIDUALLY REFERRED TO AS THE “PARTY” AND JOINTLY AS THE “PARTIES”) ON WILDILFE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE BIODIVERSITY UTILIZATION.Environment and Resources20 July 2022
- MOU BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations31 August 2009
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND NAMIBIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCESAid and Cooperation31 August 2009
- COUNTRY AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NAMIBIAAid and Cooperation31 August 2009
- MOU BETWEEN MUTUAL COOPERATION INDIA AND NAMIBIAAid and Cooperation24 February 2005
- AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND NAMIBIAAid and Cooperation31 August 1998
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 8 sections, 7,801 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Namibia Bilateral Relations · High-Level visits/meetings · Parliamentary exchanges · Development Assistance and Partnership · Economic and Commercial · Project Cheetah.
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