Country
Gambia
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Banjul
- ISO code
- GM · GMB
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 2.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 3,167 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 66.1 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 2.8M 2025 141st of 214
- Population density 273 people/km² 2024 43rd of 212
- Population growth 2.23 % per year 2025 37th of 214
- Natural increase 24.1 per 1,000 people 2023 25th of 228
- Net migration -1.1 per 1,000 people 2025 132nd of 214
- Fertility rate 3.91 births per woman 2024 28th of 214
- Urban population 65.0 % 2025 105th of 214
- Median age 18.2 years 2023 204th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.2 % 2025 185th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.6 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 184th of 214
- Children under 15 39.7 % 2025 27th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 66.1 years 2024 184th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 67.8 years 2024 186th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 64.4 years 2024 175th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 3.4 years 2024 186th of 214
- Infant mortality 32.7 per 1,000 births 2024 41st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 42.4 per 1,000 births 2024 37th of 195
- Maternal mortality 354 per 100,000 births 2023 19th of 193
- Health spending per person 26 USD 2023 186th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 94 $ (PPP) 2023 184th of 191
- Physicians 0.09 per 1,000 people 2023 169th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.1 per 1,000 people 2023 113th of 150
- Measles immunization 83 % 2024 132nd of 191
- Undernourishment 17.5 % 2024 32nd of 165
- Tobacco use 11.1 % 2024 127th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,402 kcal per day 2023 153rd of 175
- Meat supply 19.1 kg per person per year 2023 144th of 175
Economy
- GDP 2.6B USD 2025 164th of 185
- GDP per capita 919 USD 2025 175th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 3,167 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 165th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,010 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 144th of 165
- GDP growth 5.9 % 2025 32nd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.6 % 2025 56th of 185
- Inflation 11.6 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 6.5 % 2025 65th of 181
- Youth unemployment 10.9 % 2025 101st of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 36.5 % 2025 15th of 150
- Trade 42 % of GDP 2024 144th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 38.8 2020 46th of 151
- Extreme poverty 22.0 % 2020 33rd of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 20.4 % of GDP 2024 35th of 187
- Women in the labour force 45.5 % 2025 134th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.524 2023 169th of 192
- Literacy rate 51.6 % 2021 111th of 122
- Education spending 2.9 % of GDP 2022 123rd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 107 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 13 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 80 % 2023 112th of 135
- Women in parliament 8.6 % 2025 168th of 183
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 49 % 2024 145th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 117 per 100 people 2023 92nd of 172
- Fixed broadband 0.5 per 100 people 2023 147th of 169
- Access to electricity 69.0 % 2024 176th of 212
- Safe drinking water 48 % 2024 108th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 28 % 2024 109th of 140
- Research and development 0.07 % of GDP 2018 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.5 Mt CO₂ 2024 173rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 180th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.29 t CO₂ 2024 189th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 179th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.7 t CO₂e 2024 191st of 201
- Forest area 21.3 % of land 2024 128th of 208
- Water stress 2 % 2022 145th of 176
- Arable land 58.1 % of land 2024 3rd of 205
- Renewable energy 48.6 % of final energy 2021 52nd of 210
- Renewable electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 190th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2024 176th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 659 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 24th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 185 kWh 2024 166th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 38.3 µg/m³ 2023 25th of 199
Gambia on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldGambian dalasi (GMD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)