International Rankings of Gambia The 2022, 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	58	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	60	37 %	2020
Internet users - total	145	894166	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	2	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	141	60000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	111	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	141	2.678 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	186	339.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	187	300.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	51	2.6 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	184	1.746 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	138	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	100	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	72	40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	89	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	40	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	135	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	69	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	86	0.8 %	2017
Labor force	144	777100 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	12	75 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	71	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	149	6 %	1996
Population below poverty line	20	48.6	2015
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	164	5.220 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	141	2200 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	113	20.3 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	126	6.2	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	110	8.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	114	7.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	176	606000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	174	235.035 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	168	137000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	156	69.800 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	6	98.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	57	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	170	3.547 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	169	3900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	120	42 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	171	3738 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	158	0.53 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	144	1.96 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	46	32.2 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	45	56.1	2018
Land use - arable land	12	41	2018
Land use - forest	52	43.9	2018
Land use - other	172	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	14.6	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	25	2.47 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	135	8.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	143	39.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	134	21.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	148	41.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	20	3.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	76	64.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	157	10120 sq km	0
Area - total	156	11300 sq km	0
Area - water	53	1.180 million sq km	0
Coastline	138	80 km	0
Elevation - highest point	140	633 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	142	34 meters	0
Irrigated land	135	50 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	121	749 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	45	56.1	2018
Land use - arable land	12	41	2018
Land use - forest	52	43.9	2018
Land use - other	172	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	14.6	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	24	20.12	5414
Age structure - 25-54 years	146	36.39	2122
Age structure - 55-64 years	163	4.53	2538
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	134	0.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	11	2.44 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	129	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	107	2.67 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	29	28.78 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	43	11.6 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	112	18.9 %	1920
Current health expenditure	72	3.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	132	5.81 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	138	4.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	10	22.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	14	85 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	14	80.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	49	91.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	52	14.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	42	10.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	13	8.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	56	2.8 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	59	1.1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	36	33.53 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	36	40.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	36	37.19 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	157	69.41 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	151	65.83 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	153	67.6 years	0
Literacy - female	107	41.6 %	2015
Literacy - male	92	61.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	101	50.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	9	597 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	126	22.2 years	2020
Median age - male	120	21.5 years	0
Median age - total	118	21.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	68	20.7	1920
Net migration rate	75	0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	99	10.3 %	2016
Physicians density	148	0.08 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	140	2.413 million	2022
Population growth rate	29	2.29 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	74	75.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	23	66.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	33	40 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	19	24.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	45	0.76	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	13	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	102	0.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	93	21.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	95	11.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	27	3.79 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	20	3.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	76	64.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	126	6.2	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	110	8.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	114	7.1	0
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	127	8	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	140	53735	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	132	518 km	2011
Roadways - total	126	2977 km	2011
Waterways	85	390 km	2010

*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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