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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Gambia

Government consumption (% of GDP) in the Gambia in 2025 — 10.2%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 132. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 19 pp.

2025 10.2% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 132
Period maximum 46%1981
Period minimum 6.8%2018

Trend over time

1977–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Gambia, 1977–20250204060197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 29.2%1978: 31.7%1979: 29.1%1980: 31.2%1981: 46%1982: 31.9%1983: 39.4%1984: 40.8%1985: 15.9%1986: 18.4%1987: 21.7%1988: 17.8%1989: 14.4%1990: 13.7%1991: 13.1%1992: 14.2%1993: 14.5%1994: 11.4%1995: 11.6%1996: 11.4%1997: 11.3%1998: 10%1999: 10.3%2000: 11.2%2001: 11.4%2002: 9.9%2003: 8.8%2004: 7.8%2005: 8.2%2006: 8.4%2007: 7.9%2008: 9.8%2009: 9.6%2010: 10.1%2011: 9.2%2012: 8.8%2013: 9.3%2014: 8.8%2015: 8.3%2016: 8.4%2017: 7.9%2018: 6.8%2019: 8.2%2020: 9%2021: 9.8%2022: 8.4%2023: 9.6%2024: 9.6%2025: 10.2%
Change over the period: −19 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gambia

Gambia 10.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Western Africa computed 12.3%
Low-income countries computed 12.3%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.2 +0.7 pp
2024 9.6 −0.1 pp
2023 9.6 +1.3 pp
2022 8.4 −1.4 pp
2021 9.8 +0.8 pp
2020 9 +0.7 pp
2019 8.2 +1.4 pp
2018 6.8 −1 pp
2017 7.9 −0.6 pp
2016 8.4 +0.1 pp
2015 8.3 −0.5 pp
2014 8.8 −0.4 pp
2013 9.3 +0.5 pp
2012 8.8 −0.5 pp
2011 9.2 −0.9 pp
2010 10.1 +0.5 pp
2009 9.6 −0.2 pp
2008 9.8 +1.9 pp
2007 7.9 −0.5 pp
2006 8.4 +0.1 pp
2005 8.2 +0.5 pp
2004 7.8 −1 pp
2003 8.8 −1.2 pp
2002 9.9 −1.4 pp
2001 11.4 +0.1 pp
2000 11.2 +0.9 pp
1999 10.3 +0.3 pp
1998 10 −1.3 pp
1997 11.3 −0.2 pp
1996 11.4 −0.1 pp
1995 11.6 +0.2 pp
1994 11.4 −3.2 pp
1993 14.5 +0.4 pp
1992 14.2 +1.1 pp
1991 13.1 −0.7 pp
1990 13.7 −0.7 pp
1989 14.4 −3.4 pp
1988 17.8 −3.9 pp
1987 21.7 +3.3 pp
1986 18.4 +2.5 pp
1985 15.9 −24.9 pp
1984 40.8 +1.5 pp
1983 39.4 +7.5 pp
1982 31.9 −14.1 pp
1981 46 +14.7 pp
1980 31.2 +2.1 pp
1979 29.1 −2.6 pp
1978 31.7 +2.4 pp
1977 29.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 22.9 BF Burkina Faso 17.8 GN Guinea 16.7 MR Mauritania 16 GW Guinea-Bissau 15.5 SN Senegal 15.4 ML Mali 13.1 NE Niger 12.2 GM Gambia 10.2 BJ Benin 8.9 CI Côte d'Ivoire 8.7 SL Sierra Leone 5.9
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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