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Gambia
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP5.22[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita2159.44[$]
Population2.42[millions]
Land Area10760.69[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 122 36.40 5.60
Ecosystem Vitality 144 34.60 9.70
Biodiversity 127 42.20 15.80
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 136 42.80 11.30
Terrestrial biomes (global) 71 90.80 47.90
Marine protected areas 119 NA NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 84 34.10 17.10
Biodiversity Habitat Index 176 28.70 NA
Species Protection Index 120 34.90 5.30
Species Habitat Index 57 90.20 -4.70
Ecosystem Services 77 28.50 3.20
Tree cover loss 88 14.20 1.30
Grassland loss 1 100.00 NA
Wetland loss 94 42.50 17.50
Fisheries 116 12.50 -0.60
Fish Stock Status NA NA NA
Marine Trophic Index 111 7.30 NA
Fish caught by trawling 19 19.30 -1.20
Acidification 121 58.20 26.00
SO2 growth rate 112 61.10 14.30
NOx growth rate 124 55.40 37.70
Agriculture 84 36.40 -1.50
Pesticide 62 36.70 NA
N Mgmt Index 101 36.10 -3.00
Water Resources 85 7.90 NA
Wastewater treatment 85 7.90 NA
Health 150 21.30 -0.30
Air Quality 156 20.70 -3.70
PM2.5 115 24.00 -7.80
Household solid fuels 156 10.60 2.40
Ozone 132 35.60 -13.50
NOx 57 37.80 -3.20
SO2 142 28.50 -3.80
CO 107 49.10 -3.50
VOC 94 31.70 NA
Sanitation Drinking Water 140 19.20 5.70
Sanitation 141 19.60 5.80
Drinking water 138 19.00 5.60
Heavy Metals 134 36.50 1.60
Lead 134 36.50 1.60
Waste Management 142 14.50 1.20
Solid waste 169 0.60 NA
Recycling 122 13.00 1.80
Ocean Plastics 47 43.70 2.90
Climate Policy 63 46.50 4.50
Climate Change 63 46.50 4.50
CO2 growth rate 134 17.90 -7.20
CH4 growth rate 87 42.60 23.50
F-gas growth rate NA NA NA
N2O growth rate 52 73.10 32.70
Black Carbon growth rate 131 53.60 3.40
Proj. GHG Emissions 28 67.40 5.10
CO2 from land cover 27 77.90 20.90
GHG intensity trend 113 43.20 33.50
GHG per capita 11 96.60 5.20

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Tajikistan 37.1
Turkmenistan 37
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Vanuatu 36.9
Honduras 36.5
Gambia 36.4
Samoa 36.4
Marshall Islands 36.2
Uganda 35.8
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
GDP per capita
Kiribati 49
Afghanistan 43.6
Gambia 36.4
Uganda 35.8
Burkina Faso 35.5
Togo 34
Rwanda 32.8
Lesotho 32.3
Ethiopia 31.8
Mali 28.5
Issue Performance
Republic of Congo 40.1
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Vanuatu 36.9
Gambia 36.4
Togo 34
Rwanda 32.8
Guinea 31.6
Kenya 30.8
Angola 30.5
Cameroon 30.2
Government Effectiveness
Sao Tome and Principe 52.9
Belize 50
Djibouti 47.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Tajikistan 37.1
Gambia 36.4
Burkina Faso 35.5
Togo 34
Mozambique 31.7
Guatemala 28
Regulatory Quality
Belarus 48.5
Malawi 40.6
Nicaragua 37.7
Gambia 36.4
Egypt 35.5
Tanzania 34.2
Mozambique 31.7
Nepal 28.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Voice and Accountability
Singapore 50.9
Serbia 43.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Gambia 36.4
Burkina Faso 35.5
Malaysia 35
Sierra Leone 32.7
Philippines 28.9
Nepal 28.3
Madagascar 28
Rule of Law
Albania 47.1
Moldova 42.7
Kazakhstan 40.9
Peru 39.8
Maldives 37.4
Gambia 36.4
Egypt 35.5
Ethiopia 31.8
Indonesia 28.2
Turkey 26.3
Control of Corruption
Tonga 43.8
Brazil 43.6
Maldives 37.4
Gambia 36.4
Timor-Leste 35.1
Sierra Leone 32.7
Ethiopia 31.8
Morocco 28.4
Turkey 26.3
Viet Nam 20.1
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
France 62.5
Cyprus 58
Panama 50.5
Trinidad and Tobago 47.8
Jamaica 45.6
Kuwait 42.4
Dominican Republic 42.2
Gambia 36.4
Timor-Leste 35.1
Ghana 27.7
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia 38.4
Niger 37.7
South Africa 37.2
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Gambia 36.4
Uganda 35.8
Burkina Faso 35.5
Tanzania 34.2
Togo 34
Senegal 33.9
Least Developed Countries
Zambia 38.4
Niger 37.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Vanuatu 36.9
Gambia 36.4
Uganda 35.8
Burkina Faso 35.5
Timor-Leste 35.1
Solomon Islands 35
Tanzania 34.2
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EPI Report Year: 
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