Gambia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Gambia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.331 in 1990 to 0.524 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 66.1 years2024at birthUp 7 years from 59.1 years in 2005
Internet users: 49%2024of people onlineUp 44 points from 5% in 2006
Urban population: 65%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 12 points from 53% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.912024births per womanDown 1.80 from 5.71 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 48%2022of energy usedDown 14 points from 61% in 2004
Access to electricity: 69%2024of people with electricityUp 39 points from 31% in 2005
Infant mortality: 332024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 29 from 62 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 22%2023of land under forestDown 11 points from 33% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.331	51.3	—	—	6.25	62.0	—	100	0.1	41.0	—	—
1991	0.339	51.9	—	35.8	6.19	62.3	—	97	0.1	40.4	—	—
1992	0.347	52.5	—	36.5	6.11	63.5	—	94	0.1	39.8	—	—
1993	0.355	53.1	—	37.3	6.03	63.3	18	92	0.1	39.3	—	—
1994	0.362	53.8	—	38.3	6.04	61.6	18	89	0.1	38.7	—	—
1995	0.370	54.3	0.0	39.6	5.99	60.1	20	86	0.1	38.1	—	—
1996	0.377	54.9	0.0	41.0	5.93	59.6	22	84	0.1	37.6	—	—
1997	0.381	55.2	0.1	42.4	5.85	58.7	23	81	0.1	37.0	—	—
1998	0.389	56.0	0.2	44.0	5.82	57.5	25	78	0.1	36.4	—	—
1999	0.396	56.5	0.7	45.5	5.77	56.3	27	76	0.1	35.9	—	—
2000	0.403	56.9	0.9	47.0	5.72	62.9	34	73	0.2	35.3	—	—
2001	0.410	57.3	1.3	48.4	5.67	59.6	30	71	0.2	34.7	—	—
2002	0.415	57.7	1.8	49.6	5.66	61.0	32	69	0.2	34.2	—	—
2003	0.422	58.2	2.4	50.6	5.66	62.4	28	66	0.2	33.6	—	—
2004	0.432	58.8	3.3	51.5	5.68	61.2	35	64	0.2	33.0	—	—
2005	0.436	59.1	3.8	52.4	5.71	61.7	31	62	0.2	32.5	—	—
2006	0.441	59.7	5.2	53.2	5.74	60.2	38	59	0.2	31.9	615	1931
2007	0.447	60.0	6.2	53.9	5.69	57.3	40	57	0.2	31.3	725	1985
2008	0.455	60.5	6.9	54.6	5.63	56.3	42	55	0.2	30.8	859	2088
2009	0.459	60.7	7.6	55.3	5.57	53.9	43	53	0.2	30.2	775	2177
2010	0.463	61.2	9.2	56.0	5.56	56.6	47	52	0.2	29.6	801	2267
2011	0.463	61.6	10.9	56.7	5.54	56.2	48	50	0.2	29.1	711	2064
2012	0.469	61.9	12.4	57.3	5.52	57.0	50	48	0.2	28.5	693	2065
2013	0.474	62.3	14.0	58.0	5.39	59.3	52	47	0.2	27.9	654	2007
2014	0.477	62.6	15.6	58.6	5.20	53.2	53	45	0.2	27.4	568	1934
2015	0.482	63.0	17.6	59.3	5.00	49.0	55	44	0.2	26.8	620	1990
2016	0.487	63.4	19.9	59.9	4.81	48.6	56	42	0.2	26.3	650	2013
2017	0.493	63.7	22.5	60.5	4.61	48.0	56	41	0.2	25.7	643	2039
2018	0.500	64.0	28.3	61.1	4.42	48.1	60	39	0.2	25.1	696	2277
2019	0.508	64.4	31.1	61.6	4.33	47.4	62	38	0.2	24.6	738	2422
2020	0.512	64.4	36.0	62.2	4.25	49.8	62	37	0.2	24.0	720	2531
2021	0.513	63.9	41.7	62.8	4.17	48.6	64	36	0.2	23.4	782	2778
2022	0.519	64.9	48.2	63.3	4.08	47.7	65	35	0.2	22.9	836	3067
2023	0.524	65.9	48.7	63.8	4.01	—	67	34	0.2	22.3	883	3292
2024	—	66.1	49.5	64.3	3.91	—	69	33	0.2	—	871	3481
2025	—	—	—	65.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	919	3706
On the profile	0.524	66.1	49.5	65.0	3.91	47.7	—	—	0.2	22.3	919	3706

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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