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The Gambia GDP and Economic Data
Country Report 2017 - Includes The Gambia real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.
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.
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International Reserves
USD 0.2 billion (2014)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
USD 0.8 billion (2017, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Intl$ 3.6 billion (2017, estimate)
Real GDP growth
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 1.1% | 3.6% | 5.7% | 6.5% | 6.5% | -4.3% | 5.6% |
| 2013 | 2014* | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 4.8% | -0.2% | 4.4% | 2.3% | 3.3% |
*Estimate
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.003% |
*Estimate
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GDP - composition by sector
- agriculture: 21.4%
- industry: 15.6%
- services: 63%
(2016 estimate)
Inflation
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 5.2% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 7.6% |
*Estimate
Unemployment rate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 83.3% | 101.1% | 91.6% | 99.4% | 104.3% |
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -8.5% | -10% | -6.5% | -9.8% | -12.9% |
*Estimate
Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
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Market value of publicly traded shares
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP
-13.7% (2017 estimate)
Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)
21.7% (2015)
Shares in world total merchandising export
0.001% (2015)
Shares in world total commercial services export
0.004% (2013)
Export commodities
Peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels
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Import commodities
Foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
Exports - major partners
China 47.6%, India 27.2%, France 5.9%, UK 4.9% (2015)
Imports - major partners
China 34.2%, Brazil 8.1%, Senegal 6.9%, India 5.7%, Netherlands 4.8% (2015)
FDI inflows
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 38 million | USD 28 million | USD 11 million |
FDI outflows
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 48 million | USD 17 million | USD 19 million |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014
N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015
N/A
Best countries for doing business
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: 145 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 168 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 107 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 124 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 118 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 165 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 112 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 171 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 122 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 154 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 117 out of 190 countries
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Global competitiveness ranking
123 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Index of Economic Freedom
Ranking: 119 / Score: 57.14 (Mostly unfree) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
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Languages
English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
Religions
Muslim 95.7%, Christian 4.2%, none 0.1%, no answer 0.1% (2013 est.)
Total population
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 0.904 million | 1.297 million | 1.728 million | 2.035 million | 2.332 million |
*Estimate
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 12% | 28% | 48% | 60% |
Literacy
Total population: 55.5%
Male: 63.9%
Female: 47.6% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Freedom House rating
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 6 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
Fixed 2.28% Mobile 137.85% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)