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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Gambia

Services share of GDP in the Gambia in 2025 — 53.1%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 158. Since 1966, the indicator has fallen by 6.4 pp.

2025 53.1% −3.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 98of 158
Period maximum 67.6%1993
Period minimum 48.8%2016

Trend over time

1966–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Gambia, 1966–2025455055606570196619721978198419901996200220082014202020251966: 59.5%1967: 59.4%1968: 59.4%1969: 59.5%1970: 61.5%1971: 61.4%1972: 59.5%1973: 59.5%1974: 59.5%1975: 59%1976: 57.7%1977: 59.5%1978: 61.4%1979: 61.7%1980: 60%1981: 56.9%1982: 55%1983: 56.8%1984: 55.3%1985: 60%1986: 59.9%1987: 58.6%1988: 63.1%1989: 63.7%1990: 64.6%1991: 66.5%1992: 67.5%1993: 67.6%1994: 66.1%1995: 63.8%1996: 61.4%1997: 63.8%1998: 64.7%1999: 60.4%2000: 60.6%2001: 59.8%2002: 60.1%2003: 58.4%2004: 51.1%2005: 50.7%2006: 55.6%2007: 57.4%2008: 53%2009: 51.1%2010: 49.2%2011: 54.9%2012: 54.5%2013: 55.1%2014: 56.4%2015: 51.9%2016: 48.8%2017: 53.4%2018: 54.9%2019: 54.8%2020: 54%2021: 53.4%2022: 55.6%2023: 55%2024: 56.8%2025: 53.1%
Change over the period: −6.4 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 53.1%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Western Africa computed 50.1%
Low-income countries computed 42%
Services share of GDP — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.1 −3.7 pp
2024 56.8 +1.8 pp
2023 55 −0.6 pp
2022 55.6 +2.2 pp
2021 53.4 −0.6 pp
2020 54 −0.8 pp
2019 54.8 −0.1 pp
2018 54.9 +1.5 pp
2017 53.4 +4.6 pp
2016 48.8 −3.1 pp
2015 51.9 −4.5 pp
2014 56.4 +1.3 pp
2013 55.1 +0.7 pp
2012 54.5 −0.4 pp
2011 54.9 +5.7 pp
2010 49.2 −1.9 pp
2009 51.1 −1.9 pp
2008 53 −4.4 pp
2007 57.4 +1.8 pp
2006 55.6 +4.9 pp
2005 50.7 −0.3 pp
2004 51.1 −7.3 pp
2003 58.4 −1.7 pp
2002 60.1 +0.3 pp
2001 59.8 −0.8 pp
2000 60.6 +0.3 pp
1999 60.4 −4.3 pp
1998 64.7 +0.9 pp
1997 63.8 +2.5 pp
1996 61.4 −2.4 pp
1995 63.8 −2.4 pp
1994 66.1 −1.4 pp
1993 67.6 +0.1 pp
1992 67.5 +1 pp
1991 66.5 +1.8 pp
1990 64.6 +0.9 pp
1989 63.7 +0.6 pp
1988 63.1 +4.5 pp
1987 58.6 −1.3 pp
1986 59.9 −0.1 pp
1985 60 +4.6 pp
1984 55.3 −1.4 pp
1983 56.8 +1.8 pp
1982 55 −1.9 pp
1981 56.9 −3.1 pp
1980 60 −1.7 pp
1979 61.7 +0.2 pp
1978 61.4 +2 pp
1977 59.5 +1.7 pp
1976 57.7 −1.3 pp
1975 59 −0.4 pp
1974 59.5 −0 pp
1973 59.5 +0.1 pp
1972 59.5 −2 pp
1971 61.4 −0.1 pp
1970 61.5 +2.1 pp
1969 59.5 +0 pp
1968 59.4 +0 pp
1967 59.4 −0.1 pp
1966 59.5 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.9 TG Togo 61.7 NG Nigeria 58.2 GM Gambia 53.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 BJ Benin 50.1 SN Senegal 46.3 GH Ghana 42.9 MR Mauritania 42.4 SL Sierra Leone 41.6 BF Burkina Faso 41.5 LR Liberia 40 GW Guinea-Bissau 39.1 ML Mali 36.6 GN Guinea 35.7 NE Niger 31.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

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

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