Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia
Gambia: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 2.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 2.4% for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in 2024.
That represents a change of up 90.5% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia peaked at 2.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2002.
Gambia ranks 13th of 149 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -58.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -26.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +464.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -36.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +76.0% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | +72.7% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | +61.2% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -16.5% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | +35.0% |
| 2011 | 2.2% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -28.4% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +64.8% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -24.4% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -41.5% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | +106.0% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -47.5% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +31.3% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | +30.5% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | -22.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | +90.5% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 2.4% is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.5%, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 2.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 3.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +464.3% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 10 Liberia 2.6% compare
- 11 Afghanistan 2.5% compare
- 12 Mozambique 2.4% compare
- 14 Lebanon 2.2% compare
- 15 Sao Tome and Principe 2.1% compare
- 16 Somalia 1.9% compare
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Gambia was 2.4% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2002.
- How does Gambia rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Gambia ranks 13th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).