International Rankings of Gambia The 2023, 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	59	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	182	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	88	33 %	2021
Internet users - total	151	858000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	2	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	144	60000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	50	27.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	195	353.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	201	252.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	55	2.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	90	94.081 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	177	586.800 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	203	135.448 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	195	1.746 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	148	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	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	76	40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	93	19.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	69	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	146	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	80	65.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	72	35.9 %	2015
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
Imports	195	726.000 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	26	10.4 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	40	7.37 %	2021
Labor force	150	856100 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	13	75 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	163	6 %	1996
Population below poverty line	22	48.6 %	2015
Public debt	33	88 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	176	5.482 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	104	4.27 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	166	2100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	161	652.671 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	82	20.3 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	57	11.21 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	74	20.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	113	11.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	15.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	185	606000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	182	235.035 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	176	137000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	162	69.800 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	7	98.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	59	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	176	3.547 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	177	3900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	126	42 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	182	3738 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	164	0.53 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	148	1.96 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	48	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	59	43.9	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	97	14.6	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	28	2.47 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	142	8.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	125	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	109	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	21	3.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	85	64.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	168	10120 sq km	0
Area - total	167	11300 sq km	0
Area - water	56	1.180 million sq km	0
Coastline	160	80 km	0
Elevation - highest point	158	633 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	34 meters	0
Irrigated land	141	50 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	127	749 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	47	56.1	2018
Land use - arable land	12	41	2018
Land use - forest	59	43.9	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	97	14.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	47	0.7 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	139	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	133	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	111	2.67 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	34	28.03 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	46	11.6 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	117	18.9 %	1920
Current health expenditure	88	2.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	55	60.9 %	2023
Death rate	150	5.71 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	148	4.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	10	22.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	15	85 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	14	80.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	50	91.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	56	14.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	44	10.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	15	8.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	58	2.8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	26	1.8 %	2023
Hospital bed density	60	1.1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	35	32.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	38	39.92 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	38	36.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	171	69.75 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	168	66.26 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	167	67.98 years	0
Literacy - female	106	51.2 %	2021
Literacy - male	87	65.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	95	58.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	17	458 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	135	22.2 years	2020
Median age - male	127	21.5 years	0
Median age - total	129	21.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	69	20.7	1920
Net migration rate	82	0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	104	10.3 %	2016
Physicians density	153	0.08 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	145	2.469 million	2023
Population growth rate	31	2.23 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	75	75.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	25	66.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	35	40 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	20	24.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	106	0.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	96	21.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	100	11.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	32	3.66 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	21	3.75	2025
Urbanization - urban population	85	64.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	74	20.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	113	11.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	15.5	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	135	9	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	144	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	139	518 km	2011
Roadways - total	143	2977 km	2011
Waterways	88	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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