Gambia
Access to electricity in Gambia
Access to electricity in Gambia: 17.7% in 1993 and 69% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 69%
- Since 1993
- +51.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 177 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Gambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 66.9 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 65.4 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 63.7 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 62.2 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 62.1 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 60.3 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 56.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 56.4 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 54.7 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 53 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 51.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 49.9 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 48.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 46.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 43.2 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 41.5 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 39.8 | 82 |
| 2006 | 38.1 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 30.5 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 34.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 27.8 | 80 |
| 2002 | 31.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 29.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 34.3 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 26.6 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 24.9 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 23.3 | – |
| 1996 | 21.6 | – |
| 1995 | 19.9 | – |
| 1994 | 18.3 | – |
| 1993 | 17.7 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Gambia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.57% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$14.7M in 2025
- Military spending per person$5 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025