Gambia
Republic of the Gambia
- Region
- Africa · Western Africa
- Capital
- Banjul
- Population
- 2,822,093 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- dalasi (GMD)
- Official languages
- English
- Spoken languages
- English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 10,689 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, ECOWAS, IMF, OIC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Senegal
Political stability
66 / 100
Economic stability
32 / 100
Population stability
48 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- packaged medicine, cars, harvesting machinery, refined petroleum, trailers (2023)
- Key imports
- crude petroleum, refined petroleum, cotton fabric, iron alloys, rice (2023)
- Natural resources
- fish, clay, silica sand, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon
- Primary route
- Gulf of Guinea ports (Lagos, Tema, Abidjan) to Europe
- Secondary route
- South Atlantic services to Asia via the Cape of Good Hope
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.