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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about The Gambia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of The Gambia best banks and safest banks are also available.
One step closer to a pan-African free trade zone.
USD 0.19 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
3.5% | 5.7% | 6.5% | 6.5% | -4.3% | 5.6% | 4.8% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
-0.9% | 5.9% | 0.4% | 4.6% | 6.6% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.005% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
6.8% | 7.2% | 8% | 6.5% | 6.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
69.4% | 80.9% | 87% | 86.6% | 80.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-5.4% | -6.4% | -5% | -6.2% | -3.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-13.7% (2017 -9.7 % (2018 estimate))
22.7% (2017)
0.001% (2018)
0.003% (2017)
Peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels
Foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
Guinea-Bissau 51.9%, Vietnam 14.6%, Senegal 8.8%, Mali 7.2% (2017)
Cote dIvoire 11.5%, Brazil 10.6%, Spain 10.2%, China 7.8%, Russia 6.4%, Netherlands 5.3%, India 5% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD -28 million | USD 18 million | USD 29 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD -1.4 million | USD 7.5 million | USD -5.6 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
155 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 119 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 145 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 165 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 143 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 152 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 170 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 172 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 115 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 129 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 128 out of 190 countries
124 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 146 / Score: 52.4 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
Muslim 95.7%, Christian 4.2%, none 0.1%, no response 0.1% (2013 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
0.91 million | 1.32 million | 1.79 million | 2.09 million | 2.4 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
12.1% | 28.4% | 47.9% | 61.3% |
Total population: 55.5%
Male: 63.9%
Female: 47.6%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
37.8% (last available estimate, 2015)
35.9 (last available estimate, 2015)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 4
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 1.9%
Mobile: 139.5%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)