The Gambia

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Key facts

  • Currency: Gambian dalasi
  • Capital city: Banjul
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 10,120 km²
  • Population: 2,705,992
  • Political Leader: Adama Barrow (President)

Latest news

'Over my dead body', say Gambian mothers amid efforts to lift FGM ban

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-28

The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban

Read: Global Issues

2024-03-27

The Gambia is debating whether to repeal its ban on female genital mutilation

Read: NPR

2024-03-22

Female genital mutilation is illegal in The Gambia. But maybe not for much longer

Read: NPR

2024-03-19

'Moral obligation': Gambia activists urge MPs to maintain ban on female genital mutilation

Read: France 24

2024-03-19

In Gambia, parliament moves toward overturning ban on female genital cutting

Read: The Washington Post

2024-03-19

Gambia postpones vote to repeal FGM ban

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-19

Metrics

Business

Expense 17.16 % of GDP
GDP 2,187,190,000.00 current US$
Inflation 11.51 annual %
Self-employed 74.88 % of total employment
Tax revenue 18.20 % of GDP
Unemployment 4.26 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 73.44 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 6,340.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 611.40 kt
Fertility rate 4.68 births per woman
Forest area 2,369 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 375.87 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.10 years
Methane emissions 1,346.29 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 359.18 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 1,359,657
Male Population 1,346,335
Renewable energy consumption 48.74 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 10,197.80 km²
Rural population 978,162
Urban land area 338.75 km²
Urban population 1,727,830
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.93 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 33.26 per 1,000 people
Death rate 7.54 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 18.58 current US$
Health expenditure 2.61 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.80 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.10 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 62 years
Suicide mortality rate 4.80 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 63.70 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 5,600
Individuals using the Internet 32.96 % of population
Net migration -3,000
Press freedom 2.49


Politics

Armed forces personnel 4,000
Democracy score 4.31
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 0.69 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 8.62 %


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Coordinates: [13°46′N, -16°56′S]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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