Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia
Gambia: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 78.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia, 1998–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia stood at 78.2%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia peaked at 96.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 78.2%, in 2020.
Gambia ranks 24th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 96.2% | — |
| 2003 | 89.8% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 85.0% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 78.7% | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 78.2% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.2% | 96.2% | 96.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 89.8% | 89.8% | 89.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 81.9% | 78.7% | 85.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 78.2% | 78.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More poverty & inequality data for Gambia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Gambia was 78.2% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.2% in 2020.
- How does Gambia rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Gambia ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.