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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 378	1 812	2 232^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.1	0.6	4.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	611.7	704	824.7^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	24.3	23.1	23.4^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	18.8	18.3	18.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	56.9	58.6	58.5^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	51.8	48.5	47.5^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	6.6	7.2	7.5^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	41.6	44.3	45^b
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	7.3	4.8	4.1
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	53.3 / 67.5	55.6 / 65.2	56.4 / 65.5
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	131	183	256^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	108	64	72^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	83	26	56^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	391	553	759^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-308	-527	-703^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-54	-87	-90^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.7	2.4	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	59.2	61.9^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	4.4^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	5	4.2	3.9^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	64.3 / 61.7	66.1 / 62.7	67.8 / 64.4^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.6 / 4.1	42.0 / 4.6	40.2 / 5.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	192.5 / 9.2ⁿ	215.7 / 8.9ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	11.8	4.6	4.2^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	59.6	49	43.1^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	3.2	3.7	3.2^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1	0.1^p
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.2	2.9	2.9^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	81.9 / 76.5	96.7 / 86.2	100.3 / 87.3^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	58.7 / 56.3	65.2 / 54.8	73.4 / 57.3^e
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	37.1 / 42.9^j,q	... / ...	158.1 / 133.7^p
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.4	8.6^r	8.6^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	17.6	44.8	54.2^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^s,t	0.1^u,v,w,x,y	...
Threatened species (number)	55	87	127^e
Forested area (% of land area)	26.8	24	23.4^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 0.3	0.7 / 0.3^j	0.7 / 0.3^j,p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7	7	7^j,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	7	7^j	7^j,p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^z (000)	449	246	570^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	41.7	41.7	41.7^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	65.3 / 9.0	67.6 / 11.2	67.8 / 12.2^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	31.3 / 33.7	31.3 / 25.8	31.0 / 22.6^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.47	16.73	12.24^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Banjul, Kombo St. Mary
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2021
q		2010
r		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
s		Overestimated or based on overestimated data.
t		2011
u		Partial data.
v		Excluding private non-profit.
w		Excluding Higher Education.
x		Break in the time series.
y		2018
z		Including nationals residing abroad.