The Gambia

The Gambia is a country.

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Key facts

  • currency: Gambian dalasi
  • capital city: Banjul
  • region: Western Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 10,120 km²
  • population: 2,705,992
  • political leader: Adama Barrow (President)
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Environment

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agricultural land 6,340.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) 611.40 kt
fertility rate 4.68 births per woman
forest area 2,369 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 375.87 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
median age 13.10 years
methane emissions 1,346.29 kt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions 359.18 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
female population 1,359,657
male population 1,346,335
renewable energy consumption 48.74 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area 10,197.80 km²
rural population 978,162
urban land area 338.75 km²
urban population 1,727,830
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.93 % of total population

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Sites per inscription date in The Gambia

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Wildfires total fire area in The Gambia

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Cities in The Gambia

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Countries in Africa

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Countries in Western Africa

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Wildfires in The Gambia

Business

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expense 17.16 % of GDP
GDP 2,187,190,000.00 current US$
inflation 11.51 annual %
self-employed 74.88 % of total employment
tax revenue 18.20 % of GDP
unemployment 4.14 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment 73.44 % of total employment

Health

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birth rate 33.26 per 1,000 people
death rate 7.54 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita 18.58 current US$
health expenditure 2.61 % of GDP
incidence of HIV 0.80 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds 1.10 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth 62 years
suicide mortality rate 4.80 per 100,000 population

Politics

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armed forces personnel 4,000
democracy score 4.31
democracy type Hybrid regime
military expenditure 0.69 % of GDP
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 8.62 %
A Swiss court sentences a former Gambian interior minister to 20 years for crimes against humanity
2024-05-15
Former Gambian interior minister sentenced for crimes against humanity by Swiss court
Read: Fox News
2024-05-15
Swiss court jails Gambia ex-minister for crimes against humanity
Read: BBC
2024-05-15
Swiss court convicts Gambian ex-minister of atrocities
2024-05-15

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The Gambia historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

Politicians per birth date in The Gambia

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Countries where political leader equals Adama Barrow

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Politicians in The Gambia

Culture

Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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