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English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
BANJUL (capital) 504,000 (2015)
- Conventional long form
- Republic of The Gambia
- Conventional short form
- The Gambia
- Local long form
- Local short form
presidential republic
- Name
- Banjul
- Geographic coordinates
- 13 27 N, 16 34 W
- Time difference
- UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
The government has invested in the agriculture sector because three-quarters of the population depends on the sector for its livelihood and agriculture provides for about one-third of GDP, making The Gambia largely reliant on sufficient rainfall. The agricultural sector has untapped potential - less than half of arable land is cultivated and agricultural productivity is low. Small-scale manufacturing activity features the processing of cashews, groundnuts, fish, and hides. The Gambia's reexport trade accounts for almost 80% of goods exports and China has been its largest trade partner for both exports and imports for several years.
- Inflation
- 6.809%
- External debt stocks
- US$ 526,775,000
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- 51.3%
- Real Interest Rate
- 18.878%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- 4.85%
- Current Account Balance
- US$ 58,021,072
- Labor Force, Total
- 858,184
- Employment in Agriculture
- 31.50%
- Employment in Industry
- 13.90%
- Employment in Services
- 54.60%
- Unemployment Rate
- 29.70%
- Imports of goods and services
- US$ 404,200,832
- Exports of goods and services
- US$ 231,491,150
- Total Merchandise Trade
- 54.12%
- FDI, net inflows
- US$ 10,595,714
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$ 151,464,506
rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (manioc, tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats
peanuts, fish, hides, tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing
- Commodities
- peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels
- Partners
- China 47.7%, India 27.1%, France 5.9%, UK 4.9% (2015)
- Commodities
- foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
- Partners
- China 34.3%, Brazil 8.2%, Senegal 6.9%, India 5.8%, Netherlands 4.8% (2015)