This paper examines factors influencing income per person and inequality, applying hybrid CobbDouglas
and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The explanatory variables were found to be
positively and significant, at one per cent. PCA found that three components “economic
opportunity” with loading factor of 41.7%; followed by “educational and migration characterisation”
percentage variation accounted for 17% and “household characterisation” accounted for a 14%
variation explanation. The result shows that Namibia fail break the cyclical problem of poverty,
unemployment and filling the required skills required for better economic growth.