Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Gambia

Exports (% of GDP) in the Gambia in 2025 — 12.73%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 138. Since 1966, the indicator has fallen by 23.44 pp.

2025 12.73% +3.98 pp vs 2024
World rank 131of 138
Period maximum 59.9%1990
Period minimum 6.62%2021

Trend over time

1966–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Gambia, 1966–20250204060196619721978198419901996200220082014202020251966: 36.17%1967: 40.52%1968: 39.99%1969: 40.39%1970: 37.79%1971: 32.37%1972: 33.77%1973: 35.1%1974: 38.97%1975: 44.71%1976: 41.06%1977: 36.74%1978: 33.68%1979: 34.96%1980: 42.74%1981: 43.96%1982: 44.33%1983: 50.49%1984: 51.12%1985: 43.86%1986: 46.62%1987: 49.42%1988: 50.37%1989: 55.06%1990: 59.9%1991: 29.44%1992: 30.59%1993: 28.19%1994: 21.24%1995: 23.78%1996: 21.8%1997: 22.93%1998: 25.31%1999: 24.4%2000: 25.8%2001: 21.82%2002: 27.16%2003: 31.09%2004: 20.59%2005: 19.9%2006: 21.03%2007: 18.03%2008: 14.48%2009: 15.75%2010: 14.67%2011: 16.86%2012: 19.84%2013: 18.98%2014: 21.84%2015: 15.57%2016: 12.76%2017: 18.48%2018: 22.29%2019: 20.17%2020: 9.61%2021: 6.62%2022: 8.57%2023: 7.05%2024: 8.75%2025: 12.73%
Change over the period: −23.44 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 12.73%
World 29.48%
Western Africa computed 28.87%
Low-income countries computed 21.24%
Exports (% of GDP) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.73 +3.98 pp
2024 8.75 +1.7 pp
2023 7.05 −1.52 pp
2022 8.57 +1.95 pp
2021 6.62 −2.99 pp
2020 9.61 −10.56 pp
2019 20.17 −2.12 pp
2018 22.29 +3.81 pp
2017 18.48 +5.73 pp
2016 12.76 −2.82 pp
2015 15.57 −6.27 pp
2014 21.84 +2.86 pp
2013 18.98 −0.86 pp
2012 19.84 +2.98 pp
2011 16.86 +2.19 pp
2010 14.67 −1.08 pp
2009 15.75 +1.27 pp
2008 14.48 −3.56 pp
2007 18.03 −3 pp
2006 21.03 +1.13 pp
2005 19.9 −0.69 pp
2004 20.59 −10.5 pp
2003 31.09 +3.94 pp
2002 27.16 +5.34 pp
2001 21.82 −3.98 pp
2000 25.8 +1.4 pp
1999 24.4 −0.91 pp
1998 25.31 +2.37 pp
1997 22.93 +1.13 pp
1996 21.8 −1.98 pp
1995 23.78 +2.54 pp
1994 21.24 −6.95 pp
1993 28.19 −2.4 pp
1992 30.59 +1.15 pp
1991 29.44 −30.46 pp
1990 59.9 +4.84 pp
1989 55.06 +4.69 pp
1988 50.37 +0.95 pp
1987 49.42 +2.79 pp
1986 46.62 +2.76 pp
1985 43.86 −7.26 pp
1984 51.12 +0.64 pp
1983 50.49 +6.15 pp
1982 44.33 +0.37 pp
1981 43.96 +1.22 pp
1980 42.74 +7.78 pp
1979 34.96 +1.28 pp
1978 33.68 −3.05 pp
1977 36.74 −4.32 pp
1976 41.06 −3.65 pp
1975 44.71 +5.74 pp
1974 38.97 +3.87 pp
1973 35.1 +1.33 pp
1972 33.77 +1.41 pp
1971 32.37 −5.42 pp
1970 37.79 −2.6 pp
1969 40.39 +0.4 pp
1968 39.99 −0.53 pp
1967 40.52 +4.35 pp
1966 36.17

About the indicator

Exports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy is oriented toward external markets. In small open economies and transit hubs the indicator can exceed 100% of GDP: exports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so re-exports and assembly production inflate the figure.

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