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Gambia vs Senegal

114 shared metrics.

GambiaLeads in 44

vs114 shared

SenegalLeads in 70

Senegal leads by 26 metrics. Use the same instinct in a quick real-data brawl.

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What matters for both sides

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Gambia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of The Gambia.

CIA 2026

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

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Senegal

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Senegal.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Senegal's Cape Verde Peninsula is the westernmost point of mainland Africa.

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Analysis

Senegal leads in 70 of 114 shared metrics, while Gambia leads in 44.

Gambia's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Senegal (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Gambia's Highest Elevation is 21.5x that of Senegal (63 m vs 2.8 m).

Gambia's Firms Asked for Bribes is 19.1x that of Senegal (20.1% of firms vs 1.00% of firms).

Gambia's Inflation Rate is 13.5x that of Senegal (11.6% vs 0.80%).

Gambia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 5.0x that of Senegal (42.32% of firms vs 7.0% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Gambia leads

Gambia

202 per 100 people

Senegal

2.0 per 100 people

Highest ElevationGambia leads

Gambia

63 m

Senegal

2.8 m

Firms Asked for BribesGambia leads

Gambia

20.1% of firms

Senegal

1.00% of firms

Inflation RateGambia leads

Gambia

11.6%

Senegal

0.80%

Firms Making Informal PaymentsGambia leads

Gambia

42.32% of firms

Senegal

7.0% of firms

Youth Unemployment RateGambia leads

Gambia

23.64 kg/person/yr

Senegal

12.12 kg/person/yr

95% higher

Land Area

Senegal

Gambia

10.1K km²

Senegal

192.5K km²

95% lower

Senegal

Gambia

2.52M

Senegal

18.85M

87% lower

Comparison of Gambia and Senegal across 114 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	10000% higher	Gambia
Highest Elevation	63 m	2.8 m	2150% higher	Gambia
Firms Asked for Bribes	20.1% of firms	1.00% of firms	1915% higher	Gambia
Inflation Rate	11.6%	0.80%	1350% higher	Gambia
Firms Making Informal Payments	42.32% of firms	7.0% of firms	501% higher	Gambia
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.86% of youth labor force	3.6% of youth labor force	200% higher	Gambia
Population Density	266.59 /km²	93.89 /km²	184% higher	Gambia
Milk Consumption per Person	45.71 kg/person/yr	16.86 kg/person/yr	171% higher	Gambia
Unemployment Rate	6.5%	3.0%	117% higher	Gambia
Forest Area	2.3K km²	79.5K km²	97% lower	Senegal
Water Withdrawal	0.10 B m³	3.1 B m³	97% lower	Senegal
Total CO2 Emissions	0.49 Mt CO2e	14.2 Mt CO2e	97% lower	Senegal
Irrigated Land	50 km²	1.2K km²	96% lower	Senegal
Seafood Consumption per Person	23.64 kg/person/yr	12.12 kg/person/yr	95% higher	Gambia
Land Area	10.1K km²	192.5K km²	95% lower	Senegal
Airports	1.0	20	95% lower	Senegal
Electricity Generation	0.51 TWh	8.1 TWh	94% lower	Senegal
GDP (Nominal)	$2,404,888,749.22	$32,808,056,600.94	93% lower	Senegal
Electric Generating Capacity	162.0K kW	1.77M kW	91% lower	Senegal
Population	2.52M	18.85M	87% lower	Senegal
Coastline Length	80 km	531 km	85% lower	Senegal
Scientific Publications	78.46	450.9	83% lower	Senegal
Border Neighbors	1.0	5.0	80% lower	Senegal
Armed Forces Personnel	4.0K	19.0K	79% lower	Senegal
Women in Parliament (%)	8.6%	41.21%	79% lower	Senegal
Credit Card Ownership	2.0% of adults	9.1% of adults	78% lower	Senegal
Safe Drinking Water (%)	48.18%	27.19%	77% higher	Gambia
Official Languages Count	1.0	4.0	75% lower	Senegal
Government Debt (% GDP)	82.3% of GDP	47.8% of GDP	72% higher	Gambia
Land Border Length	749 km	2.7K km	72% lower	Senegal
Water Stress (%)	3.4%	11.87%	71% lower	Senegal
Protected Land (%)	7.6%	26.3%	71% lower	Senegal
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.2 per 1k	0.70 per 1k	71% higher	Gambia
Mobile Money Accounts	19.09% of adults	66.91% of adults	71% lower	Senegal
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	7.0 sites	71% lower	Senegal
Exports (% GDP)	8.7% of GDP	24.69% of GDP	65% lower	Senegal
Military Spending	0.57% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	63% lower	Senegal
Beer Consumption	0.08 L/person/yr	0.20 L/person/yr	62% lower	Senegal
Smoking Rate	10.5%	6.5%	62% higher	Gambia
CO2 Per Capita	0.29 t/person/yr	0.76 t/person/yr	62% lower	Senegal
Digital Payments Used	27.71% of adults	73.48% of adults	62% lower	Senegal
Alcohol Consumption	0.61 L/adult/yr	0.38 L/adult/yr	61% higher	Gambia
Merchant Fleet Size	15	36	58% lower	Senegal
Firms Hit by Power Outages	86.94% of firms	55.04% of firms	58% higher	Gambia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	9.7% of GDP	6.1% of GDP	57% higher	Gambia
Nurses & Midwives	0.68 per 1k	0.43 per 1k	55% higher	Gambia
Health Spending Per Capita	$28.9	$63.73	55% lower	Senegal
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	54% lower	Senegal
Obesity Rate	13.22%	8.7%	52% higher	Gambia
GNI Per Capita	$880	$1,680	48% lower	Senegal
Firms with Female Top Manager	8.2% of firms	15.78% of firms	48% lower	Senegal
Forest Coverage (%)	22.28%	41.28%	46% lower	Senegal
Meat Consumption per Person	7.8 kg/person/yr	14.13 kg/person/yr	45% lower	Senegal
Women in Senior Management	31.37% of managers	23.02% of managers	36% higher	Gambia
Renewable Energy (%)	47.7%	35.4%	35% higher	Gambia
Political Corruption Index	0.27	0.40	33% lower	Senegal
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $3,705.64	int. $5,463.22	32% lower	Senegal
Suicide Rate	4.8 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	29% lower	Senegal
Agricultural Land (%)	62.65%	49.4%	27% higher	Gambia
Internet Users (%)	46%	61%	25% lower	Senegal
Spirits Consumption	0.01 L/person/yr	0.01 L/person/yr	24% lower	Senegal
Insufficient Physical Activity	21.12% of adults	17.05% of adults	24% higher	Gambia
Imports (% GDP)	33.42% of GDP	43.45% of GDP	23% lower	Senegal
Sanitation Access (%)	48.17%	62.52%	23% lower	Senegal
Electricity Carbon Intensity	666.67 gCO2/kWh	539.97 gCO2/kWh	23% higher	Gambia
Corruption Perceptions Index	37 pts	46 pts	20% lower	Senegal
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	8.4 per 100k	7.1 per 100k	18% higher	Gambia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.09 per 1k	0.11 per 1k	18% lower	Senegal
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	16% lower	Senegal
Urban Population (%)	64.3%	55.24%	16% higher	Gambia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	37.2 per 1k people	32.07 per 1k people	16% higher	Gambia
Child Mortality	44.1 per 1k births	38.5 per 1k births	15% higher	Gambia
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	3.6%	15% lower	Senegal
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.57 hrs/week	48.31 hrs/week	14% lower	Senegal
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	106.78 per 100 people	123.91 per 100 people	14% lower	Senegal
Death Rate	5.5 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	14% higher	Gambia
Fertility Rate	3.4 children/woman	4.0 children/woman	14% lower	Senegal
Tobacco Use Prevalence	10.9% of adults	12.5% of adults	13% lower	Senegal
Food Waste per Person	133.01 kg/person/yr	117.54 kg/person/yr	13% higher	Gambia
University Enrollment Rate	13.48%	15.33%	12% lower	Senegal
Infant Mortality	33.8 per 1k births	30.2 per 1k births	12% higher	Gambia
Electricity Access (%)	66.9%	74.2%	10% lower	Senegal
Birth Rate	26.49 per 1k	29.54 per 1k	10% lower	Senegal
Life Evaluation Score	4.3 pts	4.8 pts	10% lower	Senegal
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.3%	3.0%	10% higher	Gambia
Hypertension Prevalence	37.9% of adults	41.5% of adults	9% lower	Senegal
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.11% of adults	95.9% of adults	9% lower	Senegal
Liberal Democracy Index	0.52	0.48	8% higher	Gambia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	58.36 µg/m³	63.74 µg/m³	8% lower	Senegal
GDP Growth Rate	5.6%	6.1%	8% lower	Senegal
Inequality (Gini)	38.8	36.2	7% higher	Gambia
Dependency Ratio	76.45% of working-age pop.	71.82% of working-age pop.	6% higher	Gambia
Informal Employment Share	83.88% of employed people	89.22% of employed people	6% lower	Senegal
Road Traffic Death Rate	22 per 100k	20.8 per 100k	6% higher	Gambia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	20 days/yr	5% higher	Gambia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.81	0.85	5% lower	Senegal
Median Age	18.2 years	19.1 years	5% lower	Senegal
Youth Population (%)	40.25%	38.18%	5% higher	Gambia
Teen Birth Rate	58.09 per 1k	60.24 per 1k	4% lower	Senegal
Life Expectancy	65.9 years	68.7 years	4% lower	Senegal
Adult Literacy Rate	51.64%	50.36%	3% higher	Gambia
Human Development Index	0.52	0.53	1% lower	Senegal
Electoral Democracy Index	0.64	0.63	1% higher	Gambia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.81	0.82	1% lower	Senegal
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Gambia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	1.3%	ranked lower	Senegal
Wind Electricity Share	0%	5.4%	ranked lower	Senegal
Solar Electricity Share	0%	8.9%	ranked lower	Senegal
Capital Elevation	0 m	10 m	ranked lower	Senegal
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	-5.6% of GDP	ranked higher	Gambia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.02 per 100k people	ranked lower	Senegal
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.05 per 1M people	ranked lower	Senegal

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Analysis

Senegal leads in 70 of 114 shared metrics, while Gambia leads in 44.

Gambia's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Senegal (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Gambia's Highest Elevation is 21.5x that of Senegal (63 m vs 2.8 m).

Gambia's Firms Asked for Bribes is 19.1x that of Senegal (20.1% of firms vs 1.00% of firms).

Gambia's Inflation Rate is 13.5x that of Senegal (11.6% vs 0.80%).

Gambia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 5.0x that of Senegal (42.32% of firms vs 7.0% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Gambia leads

Gambia

202 per 100 people

Senegal

2.0 per 100 people

Highest ElevationGambia leads

Gambia

63 m

Senegal

2.8 m

Firms Asked for BribesGambia leads

Gambia

20.1% of firms

Senegal

1.00% of firms

Inflation RateGambia leads

Gambia

11.6%

Senegal

0.80%

Firms Making Informal PaymentsGambia leads

Gambia

42.32% of firms

Senegal

7.0% of firms

Youth Unemployment RateGambia leads

Gambia

10.86% of youth labor force

Senegal

3.6% of youth labor force

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

2.0 per 100 people

Highest Elevation

63 m

2.8 m

Firms Asked for Bribes

20.1% of firms

1.00% of firms

Inflation Rate

11.6%

0.80%

Firms Making Informal Payments

42.32% of firms

7.0% of firms

Youth Unemployment Rate

10.86% of youth labor force

3.6% of youth labor force

Population Density

266.59 /km²

93.89 /km²

Milk Consumption per Person

45.71 kg/person/yr

16.86 kg/person/yr

Unemployment Rate

6.5%

3.0%

Forest Area

2.3K km²

79.5K km²

Water Withdrawal

0.10 B m³

3.1 B m³

Total CO2 Emissions

0.49 Mt CO2e

14.2 Mt CO2e

Irrigated Land

50 km²

1.2K km²

Seafood Consumption per Person

23.64 kg/person/yr

12.12 kg/person/yr

Land Area

10.1K km²

192.5K km²

Airports

1.0

Electricity Generation

0.51 TWh

8.1 TWh

GDP (Nominal)

$2,404,888,749.22

$32,808,056,600.94

Electric Generating Capacity

162.0K kW

1.77M kW

Population

2.52M

18.85M

Gambia vs Senegal

What matters for both sides

Gambia

Senegal

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Highest Elevation

Firms Asked for Bribes

Inflation Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Youth Unemployment Rate

Population Density

Milk Consumption per Person

Unemployment Rate

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Total CO2 Emissions

Irrigated Land

Seafood Consumption per Person

Land Area

Airports

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Electric Generating Capacity

Population

Coastline Length

Scientific Publications

Border Neighbors

Armed Forces Personnel

Women in Parliament (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Official Languages Count

Government Debt (% GDP)

Land Border Length

Water Stress (%)

Protected Land (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Mobile Money Accounts

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Exports (% GDP)

Military Spending

Beer Consumption

Smoking Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Digital Payments Used

Alcohol Consumption

Merchant Fleet Size

Firms Hit by Power Outages

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Nurses & Midwives

Health Spending Per Capita

Education Spending (% GDP)

Obesity Rate

GNI Per Capita

Firms with Female Top Manager

Forest Coverage (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Women in Senior Management

Renewable Energy (%)

Political Corruption Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Suicide Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Internet Users (%)

Spirits Consumption

Insufficient Physical Activity

Imports (% GDP)

Sanitation Access (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Corruption Perceptions Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Urban Population (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Child Mortality

Elderly Population (%)