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Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Gambia

Household consumption (% of GDP) in the Gambia in 2025 — 86.1%. Ranked 12 in the world out of 131. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 17.8 pp.

2025 86.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 12of 131
Period maximum 94.1%1994
Period minimum 51.5%1981

Trend over time

1977–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Gambia, 1977–2025406080100197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 68.3%1978: 71.4%1979: 70.1%1980: 63%1981: 51.5%1982: 60.9%1983: 53.7%1984: 54.5%1985: 79%1986: 74.4%1987: 71%1988: 73.9%1989: 75.4%1990: 75.6%1991: 82.4%1992: 79.7%1993: 89.1%1994: 94.1%1995: 83.6%1996: 93.4%1997: 82.7%1998: 88.4%1999: 87.3%2000: 89.9%2001: 81.2%2002: 88.5%2003: 87.3%2004: 90.9%2005: 93%2006: 85.8%2007: 87.3%2008: 93.1%2009: 90.4%2010: 93.3%2011: 85.9%2012: 78.4%2013: 85.5%2014: 87.4%2015: 81.7%2016: 79%2017: 86%2018: 88.5%2019: 86.4%2020: 87.7%2021: 90.9%2022: 91.6%2023: 92.8%2024: 86.2%2025: 86.1%
Change over the period: +17.8 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 86.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 82.6%
Western Africa computed 65.8%
Low-income countries computed 72.8%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 86.1 −0.1 pp
2024 86.2 −6.6 pp
2023 92.8 +1.3 pp
2022 91.6 +0.7 pp
2021 90.9 +3.1 pp
2020 87.7 +1.3 pp
2019 86.4 −2.1 pp
2018 88.5 +2.5 pp
2017 86 +7 pp
2016 79 −2.7 pp
2015 81.7 −5.8 pp
2014 87.4 +1.9 pp
2013 85.5 +7.2 pp
2012 78.4 −7.6 pp
2011 85.9 −7.4 pp
2010 93.3 +2.9 pp
2009 90.4 −2.7 pp
2008 93.1 +5.8 pp
2007 87.3 +1.5 pp
2006 85.8 −7.2 pp
2005 93 +2.1 pp
2004 90.9 +3.6 pp
2003 87.3 −1.2 pp
2002 88.5 +7.3 pp
2001 81.2 −8.7 pp
2000 89.9 +2.6 pp
1999 87.3 −1.2 pp
1998 88.4 +5.7 pp
1997 82.7 −10.7 pp
1996 93.4 +9.8 pp
1995 83.6 −10.5 pp
1994 94.1 +5 pp
1993 89.1 +9.4 pp
1992 79.7 −2.8 pp
1991 82.4 +6.8 pp
1990 75.6 +0.2 pp
1989 75.4 +1.5 pp
1988 73.9 +2.9 pp
1987 71 −3.4 pp
1986 74.4 −4.6 pp
1985 79 +24.5 pp
1984 54.5 +0.8 pp
1983 53.7 −7.2 pp
1982 60.9 +9.4 pp
1981 51.5 −11.5 pp
1980 63 −7.2 pp
1979 70.1 −1.3 pp
1978 71.4 +3.1 pp
1977 68.3 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

GM Gambia 86.1 SL Sierra Leone 78.2 GW Guinea-Bissau 71.9 ML Mali 71.5 CV Cabo Verde 71.1 NE Niger 68.2 GN Guinea 67.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 67 SN Senegal 63.8 BF Burkina Faso 60 BJ Benin 58.3 MR Mauritania 54
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About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

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

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