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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 543	1 378	1 823^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5.9	4.1	6.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	860.6	660.7	776.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	37.4	24.3	20.1^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	10.4	18.8	17.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	52.2	56.9	62.4^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	31	29.2	26.6^d
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	16.4	15.8	15.8^d
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	52.6	54.9	57.7^d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	9.4	9.3	9.1^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	49.7 / 68.0	50.6 / 67.8	51.4 / 68.1^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	131	183^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	139	107	92^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	68	83	26^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	284	391	553^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-215	-308	-527^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	17	-99	-79^k

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	3	3	2.9^d
Urban population (% of total population)	55.7	59.2	61.9^b
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	4.5	4.4	...
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	5.6	5.5	5.2^d
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	60.2 / 57.6	61.6 / 59.1	63.0 / 60.2^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	45.1 / 4.3	44.5 / 4.1	43.8 / 4.0^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	185.8 / 10.4	192.5 / 9.2	215.7 / 8.9^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	8.5ⁿ	11.8	4.6^d
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	52.4	49.8	44.8^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	4.1	3.2	3.1^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^o	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.6	2.2	2.4^i,k
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.8 / 78.8	93.0 / 87.1	106.9 / 96.5^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	49.1 / 51.2ⁱ	... / ...	... / ...
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	38.2 / 44.1ⁱ	... / ...	... / ...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	7.5	9.4	8.6^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	9.2	16.5ⁱ	19.8^i,q
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	~0.0^r,s	0.1^t,u	0.1^r,v,w,k
Threatened species (number)	43	55	104
Forested area (% of land area)	29.6	26.8ⁱ	25.1^i,k
Energy production, primaryⁱ (Petajoules)	6	7	7^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	7	7ⁱ	6^i,k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^x (000)	91^y	449	552^k
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	41.7	41.7	41.7^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	55.9 / 5.9	61.8 / 6.7	66.9 / 7.6^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	30.0 / 41.0	31.5 / 32.7	31.8 / 24.2^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8	8.62	10.95^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing.
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Banjul, Kombo St. Mary
k		2018
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		2008
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		2017
r		Partial data.
s		2009
t		Overestimated or based on overestimated data.
u		2011
v		Excluding Higher Education.
w		Break in the time series.
x		Including nationals residing abroad.
y		Arrivals by air only.