Gambia's life expectancy rose from 54.3 yrs in 1995 to 66.1 yrs in 2024.
Gambia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Gambia's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 51.5 yrs in 2000 to 55.8 yrs in 2021.
Gambia's infant mortality fell from 86.2 ‰ in 1995 to 32.7 ‰ in 2024.
Gambia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 138.2 ‰ in 1995 to 42.4 ‰ in 2024.
Gambia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,039.0 /100k in 1994 to 354.0 /100k in 2023.
Gambia's ncd mortality fell from 24.0 % in 2000 to 21.8 % in 2021.
Gambia's suicide mortality rate rose from 4.7 /100k in 2000 to 4.8 /100k in 2021.
Gambia's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 25.7 /100k in 2000 to 29.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.6 pts179th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −13.0 %187th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +4.3 pts122nd of 192
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- Physiciansdown −13.5 %59th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −4.4 %72nd of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −5.9 %61st of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +3.0 pts133rd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −4.0 pts144th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts119th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.8 %158th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.5 pts109th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.1 pts110th of 141