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Gambia vs Guinea

104 shared metrics.

GambiaLeads in 48

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GuineaLeads in 56

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What matters for both sides

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Gambia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of The Gambia.

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The Gambia is a long, narrow river country, almost entirely wrapped by Senegal.

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Guinea

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Guinea.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea, but the name itself derives from the Tuareg word aginaw, mea…

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Analysis

Guinea leads in 56 of 104 shared metrics, while Gambia leads in 48.

Gambia's Tourism Revenue is 40.1x that of Guinea ($53,000,000 vs $1,289,999.96).

Gambia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 15.0x that of Guinea (42.32% of firms vs 2.6% of firms).

Gambia's Water Stress (%) is 7.6x that of Guinea (3.4% vs 0.39%).

Gambia's Merchant Fleet Size is 6.5x that of Guinea (15 vs 2.0).

Gambia's Liberal Democracy Index is 4.5x that of Guinea (0.52 vs 0.10).

Key Comparisons

Tourism RevenueGambia leads

Gambia

$53,000,000

Guinea

$1,289,999.96

Firms Making Informal PaymentsGambia leads

Gambia

42.32% of firms

Guinea

2.6% of firms

Water Stress (%)Gambia leads

Gambia

3.4%

Guinea

0.39%

Merchant Fleet SizeGambia leads

Gambia

Guinea

2.0

Liberal Democracy IndexGambia leads

Gambia

0.52

Guinea

0.10

Population DensityGambia leads

Gambia

266.59 /km²

Guinea

58.63 /km²

All Metrics

Tourism Revenue

Gambia

$53,000,000

Guinea

$1,289,999.96

4009% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Gambia

42.32% of firms

Guinea

2.6% of firms

1502% higher

Water Stress (%)

Gambia

3.4%

Guinea

0.39%

760% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Gambia

Guinea

2.0

650% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Gambia

0.52

Guinea

0.10

449% higher

Population Density

Gambia

266.59 /km²

Guinea

58.63 /km²

355% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Gambia

666.67 gCO2/kWh

Guinea

181.14 gCO2/kWh

268% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Gambia

0.64

Guinea

0.19

243% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Gambia

8.4 per 100k

Guinea

2.7 per 100k

213% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Gambia

20.1% of firms

Guinea

7.6% of firms

164% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Gambia

23.64 kg/person/yr

Guinea

9.7 kg/person/yr

145% higher

Milk Consumption per Person

Gambia

45.71 kg/person/yr

Guinea

20.62 kg/person/yr

122% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Gambia

2.0 sites

Guinea

1.0 sites

100% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Gambia

82.3% of GDP

Guinea

41.8% of GDP

97% higher

Forest Area

Guinea

Gambia

2.3K km²

Guinea

60.7K km²

96% lower

Land Area

Guinea

Gambia

10.1K km²

Guinea

245.7K km²

96% lower

Highest Elevation

Guinea

Gambia

63 m

Guinea

1.8K m

96% lower

Irrigated Land

Guinea

Gambia

50 km²

Guinea

949 km²

95% lower

Airports

Guinea

Gambia

1.0

Guinea

94% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Guinea

Gambia

0.49 Mt CO2e

Guinea

5.2 Mt CO2e

91% lower

Comparison of Gambia and Guinea across 104 metrics
				Winner
Tourism Revenue	$53,000,000	$1,289,999.96	4009% higher	Gambia
Firms Making Informal Payments	42.32% of firms	2.6% of firms	1502% higher	Gambia
Water Stress (%)	3.4%	0.39%	760% higher	Gambia
Merchant Fleet Size	15	2.0	650% higher	Gambia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.52	0.10	449% higher	Gambia
Population Density	266.59 /km²	58.63 /km²	355% higher	Gambia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	666.67 gCO2/kWh	181.14 gCO2/kWh	268% higher	Gambia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.64	0.19	243% higher	Gambia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	8.4 per 100k	2.7 per 100k	213% higher	Gambia
Firms Asked for Bribes	20.1% of firms	7.6% of firms	164% higher	Gambia
Seafood Consumption per Person	23.64 kg/person/yr	9.7 kg/person/yr	145% higher	Gambia
Milk Consumption per Person	45.71 kg/person/yr	20.62 kg/person/yr	122% higher	Gambia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	1.0 sites	100% higher	Gambia
Government Debt (% GDP)	82.3% of GDP	41.8% of GDP	97% higher	Gambia
Forest Area	2.3K km²	60.7K km²	96% lower	Guinea
Land Area	10.1K km²	245.7K km²	96% lower	Guinea
Highest Elevation	63 m	1.8K m	96% lower	Guinea
Irrigated Land	50 km²	949 km²	95% lower	Guinea
Airports	1.0	17	94% lower	Guinea
Total CO2 Emissions	0.49 Mt CO2e	5.2 Mt CO2e	91% lower	Guinea
GDP (Nominal)	$2,404,888,749.22	$25,008,678,293.41	90% lower	Guinea
Water Withdrawal	0.10 B m³	0.89 B m³	89% lower	Guinea
Electricity Generation	0.51 TWh	4.0 TWh	87% lower	Guinea
Electric Generating Capacity	162.0K kW	1.06M kW	85% lower	Guinea
Border Neighbors	1.0	6.0	83% lower	Guinea
Population	2.52M	14.37M	82% lower	Guinea
Nurses & Midwives	0.68 per 1k	0.37 per 1k	82% higher	Gambia
Land Border Length	749 km	4.0K km	81% lower	Guinea
Protected Land (%)	7.6%	37.6%	80% lower	Guinea
Exports (% GDP)	8.7% of GDP	41.39% of GDP	79% lower	Guinea
Beer Consumption	0.08 L/person/yr	0.34 L/person/yr	77% lower	Guinea
Coastline Length	80 km	320 km	75% lower	Guinea
Vehicles per 1,000 People	37.2 per 1k people	21.51 per 1k people	73% higher	Gambia
Military Spending	0.57% of GDP	2.1% of GDP	72% lower	Guinea
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	9.7% of GDP	5.6% of GDP	72% higher	Gambia
Women in Parliament (%)	8.6%	29.63%	71% lower	Guinea
Internet Users (%)	46%	27%	70% higher	Gambia
Armed Forces Personnel	4.0K	13.0K	69% lower	Guinea
Urban Population (%)	64.3%	38.07%	69% higher	Gambia
Political Corruption Index	0.27	0.81	66% lower	Guinea
Scientific Publications	78.46	47.18	66% higher	Gambia
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	1.7% of GDP	63% higher	Gambia
Obesity Rate	13.22%	8.3%	59% higher	Gambia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.09 per 1k	0.21 per 1k	57% lower	Guinea
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.86% of youth labor force	7.0% of youth labor force	55% higher	Gambia
Child Mortality	44.1 per 1k births	95 per 1k births	54% lower	Guinea
Women's Political Empowerment	0.81	0.53	53% higher	Gambia
Firms with Female Top Manager	8.2% of firms	5.4% of firms	52% higher	Gambia
Teen Birth Rate	58.09 per 1k	118.58 per 1k	51% lower	Guinea
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Guinea
Sanitation Access (%)	48.17%	32.65%	48% higher	Gambia
Health Spending Per Capita	$28.9	$55.04	47% lower	Guinea
Infant Mortality	33.8 per 1k births	61.5 per 1k births	45% lower	Guinea
Freedom of Expression Index	0.81	0.56	45% higher	Gambia
Inflation Rate	11.6%	8.1%	43% higher	Gambia
Corruption Perceptions Index	37 pts	26 pts	42% higher	Gambia
Imports (% GDP)	33.42% of GDP	56.38% of GDP	41% lower	Guinea
Road Traffic Death Rate	22 per 100k	37.4 per 100k	41% lower	Guinea
Meat Consumption per Person	7.8 kg/person/yr	13.05 kg/person/yr	40% lower	Guinea
GNI Per Capita	$880	$1,440	39% lower	Guinea
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	58.36 µg/m³	43.77 µg/m³	33% higher	Gambia
Electricity Access (%)	66.9%	51.1%	31% higher	Gambia
Fertility Rate	3.4 children/woman	4.8 children/woman	29% lower	Guinea
Spirits Consumption	0.01 L/person/yr	0.01 L/person/yr	28% lower	Guinea
Renewable Energy (%)	47.7%	66.6%	28% lower	Guinea
Death Rate	5.5 per 1k	7.7 per 1k	28% lower	Guinea
Mobile Money Accounts	19.09% of adults	25.82% of adults	26% lower	Guinea
Insufficient Physical Activity	21.12% of adults	16.91% of adults	25% higher	Gambia
Unemployment Rate	6.5%	5.2%	24% higher	Gambia
Birth Rate	26.49 per 1k	35.04 per 1k	24% lower	Guinea
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$3,475.61	$4,565.3	24% lower	Guinea
Alcohol Consumption	0.61 L/adult/yr	0.52 L/adult/yr	17% higher	Gambia
Agricultural Land (%)	62.65%	73.23%	14% lower	Guinea
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	14% lower	Guinea
Credit Card Ownership	2.0% of adults	2.4% of adults	14% lower	Guinea
Digital Payments Used	27.71% of adults	31.77% of adults	13% lower	Guinea
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	3.5%	11% lower	Guinea
Forest Coverage (%)	22.28%	24.7%	10% lower	Guinea
Hypertension Prevalence	37.9% of adults	41.1% of adults	8% lower	Guinea
Life Expectancy	65.9 years	60.7 years	8% higher	Gambia
CO2 Per Capita	0.29 t/person/yr	0.27 t/person/yr	7% higher	Gambia
Life Evaluation Score	4.3 pts	4.6 pts	7% lower	Guinea
Human Development Index	0.52	0.50	5% higher	Gambia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	22 days/yr	5% lower	Guinea
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.11% of adults	91.36% of adults	5% lower	Guinea
Firms Hit by Power Outages	86.94% of firms	91.1% of firms	5% lower	Guinea
Dependency Ratio	76.45% of working-age pop.	79.71% of working-age pop.	4% lower	Guinea
GDP Growth Rate	5.6%	5.3%	4% higher	Gambia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	106.78 per 100 people	109 per 100 people	2% lower	Guinea
Youth Population (%)	40.25%	40.9%	2% lower	Guinea
Food Waste per Person	133.01 kg/person/yr	129.95 kg/person/yr	2% higher	Gambia
Median Age	18.2 years	18.0 years	1% higher	Gambia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Gambia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Gambia
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Gambia
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0.74%	ranked lower	Guinea
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Gambia
Suicide Rate	4.8 per 100k	4.8 per 100k	equal	Guinea
Capital Elevation	0 m	13 m	ranked lower	Guinea
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Gambia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Gambia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-4.9% of GDP	-22.3% of GDP	ranked higher	Gambia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.07 per 100k people	ranked lower	Guinea
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Gambia

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Analysis

Guinea leads in 56 of 104 shared metrics, while Gambia leads in 48.

Gambia's Tourism Revenue is 40.1x that of Guinea ($53,000,000 vs $1,289,999.96).

Gambia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 15.0x that of Guinea (42.32% of firms vs 2.6% of firms).

Gambia's Water Stress (%) is 7.6x that of Guinea (3.4% vs 0.39%).

Gambia's Merchant Fleet Size is 6.5x that of Guinea (15 vs 2.0).

Gambia's Liberal Democracy Index is 4.5x that of Guinea (0.52 vs 0.10).

Key Comparisons

Tourism RevenueGambia leads

Gambia

$53,000,000

Guinea

$1,289,999.96

Firms Making Informal PaymentsGambia leads

Gambia

42.32% of firms

Guinea

2.6% of firms

Water Stress (%)Gambia leads

Gambia

3.4%

Guinea

0.39%

Merchant Fleet SizeGambia leads

Gambia

Guinea

2.0

Liberal Democracy IndexGambia leads

Gambia

0.52

Guinea

0.10

Population DensityGambia leads

Gambia

266.59 /km²

Guinea

58.63 /km²

Tourism Revenue

$53,000,000

$1,289,999.96

Firms Making Informal Payments

42.32% of firms

2.6% of firms

Water Stress (%)

3.4%

0.39%

Merchant Fleet Size

2.0

Liberal Democracy Index

0.52

0.10

Population Density

266.59 /km²

58.63 /km²

Electricity Carbon Intensity

666.67 gCO2/kWh

181.14 gCO2/kWh

Electoral Democracy Index

0.64

0.19

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

8.4 per 100k

2.7 per 100k

Firms Asked for Bribes

20.1% of firms

7.6% of firms

Seafood Consumption per Person

23.64 kg/person/yr

9.7 kg/person/yr

Milk Consumption per Person

45.71 kg/person/yr

20.62 kg/person/yr

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

2.0 sites

1.0 sites

Government Debt (% GDP)

82.3% of GDP

41.8% of GDP

Forest Area

2.3K km²

60.7K km²

Land Area

10.1K km²

245.7K km²

Highest Elevation

63 m

1.8K m

Irrigated Land

50 km²

949 km²

Airports

1.0

Total CO2 Emissions

0.49 Mt CO2e

5.2 Mt CO2e

Gambia vs Guinea

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Tourism Revenue

Firms Making Informal Payments

Water Stress (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Liberal Democracy Index

Population Density

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electoral Democracy Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Firms Asked for Bribes

Seafood Consumption per Person

Milk Consumption per Person

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Government Debt (% GDP)

Forest Area

Land Area

Highest Elevation

Irrigated Land

Airports

Total CO2 Emissions

GDP (Nominal)

Water Withdrawal

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Border Neighbors

Population

Nurses & Midwives

Land Border Length

Protected Land (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Coastline Length

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Military Spending

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Internet Users (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Urban Population (%)

Political Corruption Index

Scientific Publications

Education Spending (% GDP)

Obesity Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Child Mortality

Women's Political Empowerment

Firms with Female Top Manager

Teen Birth Rate

Official Languages Count

Sanitation Access (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Infant Mortality

Freedom of Expression Index

Inflation Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Imports (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

GNI Per Capita

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Electricity Access (%)

Fertility Rate

Spirits Consumption

Renewable Energy (%)

Death Rate

Mobile Money Accounts

Insufficient Physical Activity

Unemployment Rate

Birth Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Alcohol Consumption