Mother facing political persecution who has lived in UK for 16 years to be deported to the Gambia / Gambian ex-soldier convicted of torture in rare US trial / Gambian ex-soldier convicted at U.S. trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup / Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup / Gambian torture victims testify in US against a member of former dictator's military

The Gambia

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The Gambia is a country. The capital city is Banjul, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 10,120 km², a population of 2,697,845 people and uses the currency Gambian dalasi. The President is Adama Barrow.

Key facts

currency: Gambian dalasi
capital city: Banjul
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 10,120 km²
population: 2,697,845 people
political leader: Adama Barrow (President)

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expense: 17.16 % of GDP
GDP: 2,396,111,021.64 current US$
inflation: 16.97 annual %
self-employed workers: 69.24 % of total employment
tax revenue: 18.20 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.48 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 64.14 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 4,000 people
democracy score: 4.31
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 5,700 people
individuals using the Internet: 45.90 % of population
military expenditure: 0.58 % of GDP
net migration: -3,000 people
press freedom: 2.49
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 8.62 %
birth rate: 32.70 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.14 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 24.63 current US$
health expenditure: 3.19 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.60 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.15 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 63
suicide mortality rate: 4.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 6,340.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 0.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 65.40 % of population
fertility rate: 4.59 births per woman
forest area: 2,312 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 1.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.20
methane emissions: 1.09 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.21 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 1,354,585 people
male population: 1,343,260 people
renewable energy consumption: 47.70 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 10,197.84 km²
rural population: 958,490 people
urban land area: 338.75 km²
urban population: 1,739,355 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.93 % of total population

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Location on a map: 13°46′N, -16°56′W

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The Gambia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of diseases in the Gambia by start date

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in the Gambia

Distribution of universities in the Gambia per foundation year

Distribution of competitions in the Gambia by start date

Evolution of historical cases in the Gambia

Evolution of historical central government debt in the Gambia with forecast

Evolution of historical deaths in the Gambia

Evolution of historical tax revenue in the Gambia with forecast

Map of the distribution of wildfires in the Gambia by mean width

Map of the distribution of universities in the Gambia by total students

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Share of transboundary sites in the Gambia

Share of diseases in the Gambia by mortality rate

Share of politicians per gender in the Gambia

Share of athletes per gender in the Gambia

Correlation of methane emissions and urban population by countries yearly in the Gambia

Correlation of fertility rate and median age by countries yearly in the Gambia

Correlation of life expectancy and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in the Gambia

Correlation of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in the Gambia

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

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