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Gambia, The

Gambia, The: 42 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 2.8 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 39.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 57.1%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.2%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 65.0%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.9World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 56.1World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 66.1yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 32.7‰World Bank2024 Net migration -2 984World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 51.6%World Bank2021 Secondary school enrolment 107.0%World Bank2021 Tertiary enrolment 13.5%World Bank2024 Education spending 2.8%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $3 706$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $3 660$World Bank2025 Gini index 38.8World Bank2020 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 22.0%World Bank2020 Income share held by richest 10% 30.5%World Bank2020

Health

Suicide rate 4.8per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 2.9%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 49.5%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 126.2per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 69.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.2tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey68.1%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey38.6%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey37.2%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey52.2%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey45.0%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 8.6%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey64.6%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey38.1%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey16.7%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 6.5%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 10.9%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 45.5%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 49.5%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 68.6%World Bank2025

Safety

Feels safe walking alone at night survey58.6%UN SDG2020

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey7.2%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Cote d'Ivoire88%
  2. Panama85%
  3. Malawi82%
  4. Togo81%
  5. Paraguay81%
  6. Colombia80%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.