Gambia, The — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Gambia, The, 1966–2025.
GDP for Gambia, The was 2.59 billion 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 41.16 million in 1968 (about 63.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.15% per year.
Gambia, The ranks 185 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 87%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Gambia, The sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 88%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 41 of 47 economies; Lesotho (2.57 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 118% in 1991. That is 34% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1966 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 1991. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 119th of 122 in 1966 → 134th of 146 in 1970 → 141st of 163 in 1980 → 172nd of 192 in 1990 → 178th of 204 in 2000 → 186th of 212 in 2010 → 185th of 210 in 2020 → 164th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1966 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,593,673,987.53 | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 2,404,888,737.55 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 2,382,262,185.38 | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 2,204,734,527.88 | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 2,014,158,842.15 | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 1,812,170,891.19 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,813,609,692.5 | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 1,670,671,327.82 | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 1,504,909,462.7 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,484,578,885.97 | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 1,378,176,608.93 | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 1,229,461,721.41 | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 1,375,609,453.44 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,415,004,738.27 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,409,693,596.94 | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 1,543,294,926.87 | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 1,450,142,508.58 | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 1,561,766,955.73 | +22.0% |
| 2007 | 1,279,703,047.02 | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 1,054,112,487.74 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 1,027,701,067.56 | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 961,900,651.42 | +97.5% |
| 2003 | 487,038,685.05 | -15.8% |
| 2002 | 578,235,309.33 | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 687,410,645.06 | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 782,913,871.81 | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 814,724,032.07 | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 840,285,264.63 | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 803,633,342.47 | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 848,239,446.22 | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 785,999,864.84 | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 746,493,951.9 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 755,040,974.09 | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 714,254,256.12 | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 690,311,080.52 | +117.7% |
| 1990 | 317,083,695.48 | +11.6% |
| 1989 | 284,120,329.4 | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 266,672,211.93 | +20.9% |
| 1987 | 220,626,484.22 | +18.8% |
| 1986 | 185,646,986.82 | -17.8% |
| 1985 | 225,726,358.89 | +27.3% |
| 1984 | 177,340,880.09 | -16.9% |
| 1983 | 213,448,584.94 | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 216,050,552.3 | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 218,767,743.46 | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 241,083,090.3 | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 207,112,627.73 | +20.5% |
| 1978 | 171,833,086.02 | +24.4% |
| 1977 | 138,093,099.1 | +23.1% |
| 1976 | 112,190,829.47 | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 115,179,719.08 | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 95,796,021.69 | +27.4% |
| 1973 | 75,187,749.1 | +27.1% |
| 1972 | 59,160,569.48 | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 55,728,663.22 | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 52,296,083.67 | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 45,168,072.27 | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 41,160,065.86 | -11.9% |
| 1967 | 46,695,006.96 | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 44,212,081.35 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Gambia, The’s GDP in 1967?
46,695,006.96 (1967). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Gambia, The’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1966 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5766.4% in total — about 7.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 2,593,673,987.53; 2024: 2,404,888,737.55; 2023: 2,382,262,185.38; 2022: 2,204,734,527.88; 2021: 2,014,158,842.15. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.