Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Gambia
Gambia: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 99.12 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
99.12
World rank
27th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.86
in 1998
All-time low
98.69
in 2015
Years of data
5
1998–2020
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Gambia, 1998–2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty share on less than 30 per day in Gambia is 99.12, measured in 2020.
The figure is up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Gambia peaked at 99.86 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 98.69, in 2015.
That places Gambia 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.86 | 99.86 | 99.86 | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.43 | 99.43 | 99.43 | 1 |
| 2010s | 98.78 | 98.69 | 98.86 | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.12 | 99.12 | 99.12 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 99.43 compare
- 25 Bangladesh 99.15 compare
- 26 Senegal 99.13 compare
- 28 Rwanda 99.1 compare
- 29 Philippines 99 compare
- 30 Egypt 98.85 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Gambia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.01 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 800.7 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 9.46 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.578 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 11.95 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1725 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1725 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1939 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.4011 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Gambia?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Gambia was 99.12 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.86 in 1998.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.69 in 2015.
- How does Gambia rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Gambia ranks 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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