Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Gambia
Gambia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 99.6% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Gambia, 1998–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 99.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2020.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Gambia peaked at 100.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 99.4%, in 2010.
Gambia ranks 29th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 100.0% | — |
| 2003 | 99.7% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 99.4% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 99.6% is below the median for low income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 99.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.8%, 100% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.4% | 99.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More poverty & inequality data for Gambia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.01 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 800.7 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.5342 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 9.46 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 9.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Gambia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Gambia was 99.6% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.4% in 2010.
- How does Gambia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Gambia ranks 29th out of 119 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.