The EPI has been updated for 2024! View the 2024 EPI Results

Gambia

 

Return to results overview

RESULTS

View country details

View category details

geo image of Gambia
Gambia
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP5.28[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita2317.69[$]
Population2.28[millions]
Urbanization62.58[%]
Land Area10760.69[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Download PDF report
Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 166 27.9 3.6
Health 148 21.4 0.1
Air Quality 157 23.9 -3.4
PM2.5 115 32.7 -6.8
Household solid fuels 155 10.5 2.1
Ozone 132 33.3 -10.3
Sanitation & Drinking Water 140 19.1 4.5
Sanitation 141 19.6 4.6
Drinking water 138 18.9 4.5
Heavy Metals 134 37.1 1.2
Lead 134 37.1 1.2
Waste Management 133 - -
Solid waste 133 - -
Ecosystem Vitality 165 32.1 5.7
Biodiversity 152 32.6 0.8
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 151 23.2 -
Terrestrial biomes (global) 143 31.7 -
Marine protected areas 117 - -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 86 30.1 13
Species Habitat Index 57 90.1 -4.8
Species Protection Index 131 48.3 -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 126 47.5 0.1
Ecosystem Services 62 41.1 28.8
Tree cover loss 49 40.7 28.6
Grassland loss 158 33.7 33.7
Wetland loss 72 55.6 28.9
Fisheries 93 10.6 5.1
Fish Stock Status - - -
Marine Trophic Index 109 7.5 -
Fish caught by trawling 18 14.2 11
Climate Change 139 35.8 5
CO2 growth rate 138 24 -5.2
CH4 growth rate 124 52.3 31.9
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 34 78.9 45.6
Black Carbon growth rate 115 42.6 -16.4
CO2 from land cover 68 57.7 -
GHG intensity trend 156 25.6 22.6
GHG per capita 13 93.8 -1.7
Pollution Emissions 101 53.9 6.2
SO2 growth rate 110 55.9 -8.4
NOx growth rate 88 51.8 20.7
Agriculture 101 36.1 -3
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 101 36.1 -3
Water Resources 129 0.1 -
Wastewater treatment 129 0.1 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Bangladesh 29
Vanuatu 28.9
Djibouti 28.1
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
Mauritania 27.7
Ghana 27.6
India 27.6
Burundi 27
Haiti 27
GDP per capita
Kiribati 37.7
Zimbabwe 37
Rwanda 33.8
Comoros 32.1
Eritrea 30.4
Benin 30
Mali 29.4
Gambia 27.9
Solomon Islands 26.7
Guinea 26.4
Issue Performance
Eswatini 33.8
Rwanda 33.8
Comoros 32.1
Guatemala 31.8
Togo 29.5
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
India 27.6
Myanmar 25.1
Liberia 22.6
Regulatory Quality
Belarus 53
Suriname 45.2
Belize 41.9
Malawi 38.3
Eswatini 33.8
Pakistan 33.1
Tanzania 31.1
Niger 30.8
Togo 29.5
Gambia 27.9
Voice & Accountability
Armenia 52.3
Malaysia 47.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Moldova 44.4
Nepal 32.7
Mali 29.4
Gambia 27.9
Madagascar 26.5
Cote d'Ivoire 25.8
Sierra Leone 25.7
Political Stability
Argentina 52.2
Ecuador 51
Kazakhstan 44.7
Turkmenistan 43.9
Belize 41.9
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Senegal 30.7
Gambia 27.9
Ghana 27.6
Sierra Leone 25.7
Sub-Saharan Africa
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Djibouti 28.1
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
Mauritania 27.7
Ghana 27.6
Burundi 27
Chad 26.7
Madagascar 26.5
Guinea 26.4
Least Developed Countries
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Bangladesh 29
Vanuatu 28.9
Djibouti 28.1
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
Mauritania 27.7
Burundi 27
Haiti 27
Solomon Islands 26.7
Ease of Doing Business Index
Suriname 45.2
Algeria 44.8
Kiribati 37.7
Sudan 34.8
Ethiopia 34.4
Micronesia 33
Comoros 32.1
Gambia 27.9
Madagascar 26.5
Sierra Leone 25.7
JSON File: 
Binary Data gmb.json
EPI Report Year: 
2020
EPI ISO3: 
GMB