NSA upgrades system to Python, revises price indices back to 2015

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2026-08-24

WINDHOEK, 21 November 2023 - Statistician General Alex Shimuafeni (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 AUG (NAMPA) – The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has fully transitioned to an automated Python-based processing system for compiling the Namibia Producer Price Index (NPPI), leading to retrospective revisions of producer price estimates spanning back to 2015.
The structural shift was officially revealed in the NPPI bulletin for the second quarter of 2026, released in Windhoek on Friday.
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