Gambia Poverty Rate

Gambia poverty rate for 2020 was 78.20%, a 0.5% decline from 2015.
  • Gambia poverty rate for 2015 was 78.70%, a 6.3% decline from 2010.
  • Gambia poverty rate for 2010 was 85.00%, a 4.8% decline from 2003.
  • Gambia poverty rate for 2003 was 89.80%, a 6.4% decline from 1998.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.