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IndicatorGMBGambia, TheSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #32
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile41.1rank #114
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #50
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.45rank #58
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #50
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile40.9rank #140
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #32
Military spending% GDP0.57%rank #135
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.41rank #56
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile65.6rank #105
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile44.4rank #149
Rule of Law0-100 percentile50.2rank #126
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #46
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.64rank #51
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.52rank #55
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile53.7rank #114
Women in parliament% seats8.6%rank #156
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #54
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment27.6%rank #64
Agriculture value added% GDP23.8%rank #19
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker16,301.8rank #155
Current account balance% GDP-4.1%rank #114
Employment-to-population ratio%44.2%rank #158
External debt stocks% GNI66.4%rank #82
FDI net inflows% GDP9.7%rank #22
GDPcurrent US$2.59Brank #164
GDP growth%5.9%rank #32
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$919.1rank #176
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $3,166.6rank #166
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $2,812rank #171
Government expenditure% GDP17.2%rank #45
Gross capital formation% GDP40.4%rank #5
Gross savings% GDP25.9%rank #50
High-technology exports% manuf. exports3.3%rank #90
Human capital indexindex1.7rank #134
Industry value added% GDP15.8%rank #137
Inflation%11.6%rank #154
Labour force participation rate%47.4%rank #161
Personal remittances received% GDP22%rank #9
R&D expenditure% GDP0.07%rank #87
Researchers in R&Dper million50.9rank #75
Tax revenue% GDP18.2%rank #33
Trade openness% GDP62.2%rank #90
Unemployment% labor force6.5%rank #117
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%6.8%rank #123
Vulnerable employment% employment63.5%rank #148
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2410.9%rank #81
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2411.2%rank #80
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop87.1%rank #126
Basic sanitation access% pop48.2%rank #144
Child mortalityper 1004.2rank #121
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,402.3rank #154
DTP3 immunization coverage%80%rank #20
Health spending% GDP2.9%rank #179
Infant mortalityper 1k births32.7rank #112
Life expectancyyears66.1rank #187
Maternal mortalityper 100k354rank #99
Measles immunization% children83%rank #17
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%83%rank #17
Physiciansper 1k0.09rank #54
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m338.3rank #176
Road traffic deathsper 100k29.6rank #117
Smoking prevalence% adults11.1%rank #28
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.8rank #55
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k138rank #105
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births42.4rank #160
Undernourishment% pop16.8%rank #53
Education
Adult literacy%51.6%rank #40
Education spending% GDP2.8%rank #89
Expected years of schoolingyears9rank #180
Mean years of schoolingyears4.7rank #171
Primary completion rate% relevant age84.2%rank #10
Primary enrollment% gross100.4%rank #7
Secondary enrollment% gross107%rank #26
Tertiary enrollment% gross13.5%rank #83
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00029.9rank #32
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.9rank #28
Median age of populationyears18.2rank #194
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.1rank #139
Populationpeople2.82Mrank #141
Population growth%2.2%rank #37
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years70.2rank #185
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands4,301.9rank #133
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age77.6rank #28
Urban population%65%rank #96
Climate
CO₂ emissionst802,774rank #171
CO₂ per capitat0.29rank #182
Electricity access% pop69%rank #46
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation0%rank #162
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land22.3%rank #128
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.6rank #27
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh666.7rank #168
Renewable electricity%0%rank #181
Renewable energy share%47.7%rank #20
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e4.2rank #36
Society
Asylum seekerspeople6,712rank #108
Extreme poverty% pop22%rank #32
Female labor participation%45.5%rank #135
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.52rank #136
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #57
Gender Inequality Index0-10.58rank #136
Gini indexindex38.8rank #48
Human Development Index0-10.52rank #137
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.33rank #129
Internet users% pop49.5%rank #143
Life satisfaction0-104.3rank #125
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.51rank #107
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #137
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.06rank #104
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.25rank #137
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.62rank #159
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people4,108rank #109
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people6,728rank #107
Youth NEET rate%39.8%rank #175
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103rank #25
Human hazard & exposure0-103.1rank #27
INFORM risk score0-104.6rank #35
Lack of coping capacity0-106.1rank #51
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.6rank #49
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.6rank #45
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.9rank #16
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #1
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107.1rank #67
Vulnerability0-105.4rank #43
Vulnerable groups0-102.9rank #24
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