International Rankings of Gambia The 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Gambia, The, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Gambia, The, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	180	4433	0
Internet users - percent of population	189	19.84 %	2017
Internet users - total	155	406918	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	170	1.93	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	157	41179	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	139.53	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	141	2.977 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	193	339.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	193	300.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	55	2.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	98	50.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	124	50.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	72	84.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	88	67.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	189	1.746 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	144	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	105	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	12	90.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	75	40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	91	19.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	68	2.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	42	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	141	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	73	65.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	30	36.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	87	0.8 %	2017
Labor force	146	777100 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	13	75 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	74	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	158	6 %	1996
Population below poverty line	21	48.6	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	170	5.218 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	179	2223 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	119	20.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	175	607300	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	181	282.800 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	4	97	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	38	3	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	176	117000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	173	304.100 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	145	3800	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	42 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	175	3738 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	160	0.53 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	147	1.96 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	47	32.2 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	47	56.1	2018
Land use - arable land	12	41	2018
Land use - forest	58	43.9	2018
Land use - other	182	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	95	14.6	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	26	2.47 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	139	8.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	147	39.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	136	21.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	151	41.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	20	3.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	92	63.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	164	10120 sq km	0
Area - total	163	11300 sq km	0
Area - water	55	1.180 million sq km	0
Coastline	150	80 km	0
Elevation - highest point	184	53 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	145	34 meters	0
Irrigated land	134	50 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	124	749 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	47	56.1	2018
Land use - arable land	12	41	2018
Land use - forest	58	43.9	2018
Land use - other	182	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	95	14.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	138	8.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	26	20.12 %	5414
Age structure - 25-54 years	156	36.39 %	2122
Age structure - 55-64 years	173	4.53 %	2538
Birth rate	41	26.42 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	120	16.8 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	78	3.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	116	6.66 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	125	4.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	13	21.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	13	86.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	12	82.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	53	91.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	47	19.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	47	12.9 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	15	8.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	53	2.4 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	21	1.8	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	38	1300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	60	27000	2020
Hospital bed density	58	1.1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	8	58.98 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	7	70.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	7	65.04 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	162	68.57 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	171	63.8 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	166	66.15 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	10	597	2017
Median age - female	131	22.2 years	2020
Median age - male	122	21.5 years	0
Median age - total	124	21.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	66	20.7	1920
Net migration rate	120	1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	103	10.3 %	2016
Physicians density	146	0.1 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	144	2.221 million	2021
Population growth rate	49	1.82 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	79	80.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	38	55.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	37	33.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	27	19.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	9 years	2010
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	26	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	41	3.13 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	36	32.3	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	44	21	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	41	25.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	20	3.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	92	63.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	142	53735	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	135	518 km	2011
Roadways - total	128	2977 km	2011
Waterways	77	390 km	190

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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