Gambia
General information
Capital: Banjul
Currency unit: Gambian dalasi
Official language: English
Area: 10,120 km²
Population in million: 2,280,100.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 716
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 2,612
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 59.5
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.9 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 39.0 %
Life expectancy at birth: 61.4 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 56 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 1,632,820,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 19.9
Industry value added of GDP: 15.6
Services value added of GDP: 9.9
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 174,444.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 1,162,160.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn (25.64 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Wood in the rough (23.74 %)
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts (19.37 %)
Ground-nut oil (5.80 %)
Ground-nuts (2.90 %)
Frozen fish (2.84 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| 2020 | Gambia | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | 36 | |
| National attractiveness Gambia: 42 | 42 | |
| Price competitiveness Gambia: 38 | 38 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Gambia: 30 | 30 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Gambia: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2020 | Gambia | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 42 | |
| Infrastructures Gambia: 45 | 45 | |
| Market Gambia: 27 | 27 | |
| Human and financial capital Gambia: 25 | 25 | |
| Political and economic governance Gambia: 59 | 59 |
Price competitiveness
| Gambia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 38 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Gambia: 42 | 42 | |
| Products competitiveness Gambia: 44 | 44 |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2020 | Gambia | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 30 | |
| Economical vulnerability Gambia: 79 | 79 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Gambia: 62 | 62 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Gambia: 15 | 15 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Gambia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Gambia: 1,944 | 1,944 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Gambia: >2,000 | >2,000 |