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Gambia, The — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Gambia, The, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
47.46%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -1.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Gambia, The was 47.46% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 48.42% in 2001. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.05% per year.
Gambia, The ranks 165 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Gambia, The sits below it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
47.46%
First (1990)
48.23%
Change
-1.6%
Highest
48.42%
in 2001
Lowest
47.46%
in 2025
Average
48.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.05%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.46% |
| 2024 | 47.51% |
| 2023 | 47.55% |
| 2022 | 47.6% |
| 2021 | 47.64% |
| 2020 | 47.68% |
| 2019 | 47.75% |
| 2018 | 47.77% |
| 2017 | 47.77% |
| 2016 | 47.79% |
| 2015 | 47.84% |
| 2014 | 47.85% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.