Gambia, The — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Gambia, The, 1966–2025.
GDP per capita for Gambia, The was 919 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1966 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 83 in 1968 (about 11.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.93% per year.
Gambia, The ranks 199 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Gambia, The sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 48%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 36 of 47 economies; Liberia (915) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 109% in 1991. That is 21% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1966 level: doubled by 1975. Doubling roughly every 18 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 110th of 122 in 1966 → 135th of 146 in 1970 → 140th of 163 in 1980 → 173rd of 192 in 1990 → 162nd of 204 in 2000 → 189th of 212 in 2010 → 198th of 210 in 2020 → 176th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1966 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 919.06 | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 871.34 | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 883.02 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 836.24 | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 781.89 | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 720.34 | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 738.19 | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 696.22 | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 642.52 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 650.06 | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 619.54 | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 568 | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 653.86 | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 692.58 | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 710.61 | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 801.03 | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 774.89 | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 859.13 | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 724.73 | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 614.54 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 616.48 | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 593.29 | +92.2% |
| 2003 | 308.72 | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 376.53 | -18.1% |
| 2001 | 459.8 | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 538.05 | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 575.46 | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 610.23 | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 600.22 | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 651.78 | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 621.68 | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 608.28 | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 635.36 | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 623.49 | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 627.58 | +108.7% |
| 1990 | 300.64 | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 280.93 | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 274.87 | +16.0% |
| 1987 | 236.95 | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 207.65 | -21.0% |
| 1985 | 262.82 | +22.4% |
| 1984 | 214.79 | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 268.65 | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 282.14 | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 295.98 | -12.4% |
| 1980 | 337.69 | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 300.26 | +16.6% |
| 1978 | 257.58 | +20.5% |
| 1977 | 213.84 | +19.3% |
| 1976 | 179.31 | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 189.81 | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 162.62 | +23.7% |
| 1973 | 131.45 | +23.4% |
| 1972 | 106.52 | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 103.32 | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 99.78 | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 88.66 | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 83.11 | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 96.96 | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 94.37 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Gambia, The’s GDP per capita in 1967?
96.96 (1967). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Gambia, The’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Gambia, The’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1966 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +873.9% in total — about 3.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 919.06; 2024: 871.34; 2023: 883.02; 2022: 836.24; 2021: 781.89. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.