Gambia, The
Gambia, The in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Gambia, The recorded GDP per capita: 919 (2025), ranking 199 of 212 worldwide; Population: 2.82 million (2025), ranking 141 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 66.1 (2024), ranking 187 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 11.56% (2024), ranking 19 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+5766%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-79%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 2.82 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 2,593,673,987.53 | 2025 | +5766.4% |
| GDP per capita | 919.06 | 2025 | +873.9% |
| GDP growth | 5.89% | 2025 | — |
| Population | 2,822,093 | 2025 | +609.0% |
| Population growth | 2.23% | 2025 | -17.4% |
| Urban population | 64.99% | 2025 | +616.7% |
| Life expectancy | 66.06 | 2024 | +91.1% |
| Infant mortality | 32.7 | 2024 | -79.2% |
| Inflation | 11.56% | 2024 | +546.7% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.18 | 2024 | +17.9% |
| GDP (PPP) | 10,457,665,898.26 | 2025 | +603.6% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 3,705.64 | 2025 | +162.9% |
| Labor participation | 47.46% | 2025 | -1.6% |
| Unemployment | 6.52% | 2025 | -33.3% |
| Electricity access | 69% | 2024 | +289.8% |
| Internet users | 49.49% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 22.28% | 2023 | -45.6% |
| Education spending | 2.81% | 2023 | -34.6% |
| Health spending | 2.89% | 2023 | -73.2% |