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Gambia

Gambia reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Gambia ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
48thGDP$2.4bn3
10thMobile126 per 1004
20thInternet use49.5%4
Last updated 1 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
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CapitalBanjulLanguagesEnglishCurrencydalasi · GMDArea10,689 km²

At a glance

2.8 million people, half of them under 19, in an economy of $2.8bn in 2026, growing 5.1% a year.

Gambia’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
811
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population2.8mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age18.8years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$953current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use49.5%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 1997. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
Trade
Government
Policies
Prices
Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=gm
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
00.5120142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 2.7 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2024
China$0.02bnMali$0.01bnGuinea-Bissau$0.01bn
China takes 48% of the recorded exports.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2024
Senegal$0.21bnChina$0.09bnRussian Federation$0.05bn
Senegal alone supplies more than China and Russian Federation together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$500$750$1k20142024$871
Reported every year, including the 2024 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%10%20%2014202411.6%
11.6% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 17.0% in 2023.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.30.620142024$0.53bn
3.8 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2024 · top categories
Oilseeds$0.02bnMineral fuels$0.01bnSugar$0.01bn
Oilseeds alone is 44% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
60%80%100%2014202478.5%
Up 7 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Dalasi per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
3055802014202467.7
Lost 10% of its dollar value in 2024.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202469.0%
Up 16.0 points over the decade.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3055802014202442.4
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202466.1 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
8011014020142024126
More subscriptions than people since 2014.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
50%65%80%2014202464.3%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerThree heads of state since 1970, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/gm
19702026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Adama Barrow has held the office of President of the Gambia since Jan 2017. The record holds 20 current ministers.

ElectedAppointed
Adama BarrowAdama BarrowPresident of the Gambiain office since Jan 2017
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
20 seats confirmed current · 20 recorded for 2025
20Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Communications and Digital EconomyInteriorPublic Service, Administrative Reforms, Policy Coordination and DeliveryTrade, Industry, Regional Integration and EmploymentAgricultureDefenceEnergy and PetroleumEnvironment, Climate Change and Natural ResourcesFinanceFisheries and Water ResourcesHigher Education, Research, Science and TechnologyInformation & Communication InfrastructureTransport, Works and InfrastructureYouth and SportsAttorney General of the GambiaHealthGender, Children and Social WelfareForeign AffairsBasic and Secondary EducationTourism and Culture
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Gambia.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Gambia
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity69.0%202453.0%+16.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water38.9%202442.9%−3.9 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation20.1%202413.7%+6.4 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel3.0%20242.0%+1.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality42.4202461.4−19.0 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth66.1 yrs202462.6 yrs+3.5 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population65.0%202558.6%+6.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use49.5%202415.6%+33.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions126 / 1002024106 / 100+21ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Gambia

161 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Gambia. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

Economy
Trade
Development
Demographics
Health
Child Welfare
Education
Food Security
Agriculture
Governance
Humanitarian
Technology
Infrastructure
Energy
Climate

How Gambia ranks across Africa

Gambia's position on 160 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Gambia with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
UNICEF2024
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Gambia: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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