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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 378	1 812	2 401^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.1	0.6	4.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	620	720	890^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	24.3	23.1	24.8^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	18.8	18.3	17.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	56.9	58.6	57.4^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	34.3	31.3	29.1^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	17.3	18.5	18.6^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	48.5	50.2	52.3^b
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	7.3	5.9	6.4
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	44.8 / 51.6	45.0 / 50.8	45.2 / 49.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	131	183	256^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	111	63	73^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	83	26	2^i,k
International trade: imports (million current US$)	391	553	2 220^i,k
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-308	-527	- 2 218^i,k
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-54	-87	-74^k

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.7	2.4	2.2^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	3.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	64.3 / 61.7	66.1 / 62.7	68.0 / 64.5^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.6 / 4.1	42.0 / 4.6	39.7 / 5.3^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	192.5 / 8.7	215.7 / 8.6	236.1 / 8.6^k
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	11.8	4.6	4.3^k
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	59.6	49	42.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	3.2	3.7	3.4^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.5 / 80.9	102.4 / 91.5	105.9 / 91.5^k
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	59.5 / 57.2	68.9 / 58.0	79.7 / 60.4^k
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	34.9 / 40.2^i,q	... / ...	165.8 / 140.5^r
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.4	8.6^s	8.6^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	17.6	34.2	45.9^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^t,u	0.1^v,w,x,y,z	...
Threatened species (number)	55	87	130^k
Forested area (% of land area)	26.8	24	22.8^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 0.3	0.7 / 0.3ⁱ	0.8 / 0.3^i,p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7	7	7^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	7	7ⁱ	7^i,p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	449	246	570^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	41.7	41.7	41.7^k
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	65.3 / 9.0	67.6 / 11.2	67.8 / 12.2^p
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	31.3 / 33.7	31.3 / 25.8	31.0 / 22.6^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.47	16.92	14.89^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing.
d		2019
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Banjul, Kombo St. Mary
k		2024
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
p		2022
q		2010
r		2021
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
t		Overestimated or based on overestimated data.
u		2011
v		Partial data.
w		Excluding private non-profit.
x		Excluding Higher Education.
y		Break in the time series.
z		2018