Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia
Gambia: Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services was 28 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 28 % for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia peaked at 43 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28 %, in 2022.
Gambia ranks 105th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 43 % | — |
| 2001 | 42 % | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 41 % | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 40 % | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 39 % | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 38 % | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 38 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 37 % | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 36 % | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 36 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 35 % | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 35 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 34 % | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 33 % | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 33 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 32 % | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 32 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 31 % | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 30 % | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 30 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 29 % | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 29 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 28 % | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 28 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 28 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39 % | 36 % | 43 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.5 % | 30 % | 35 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.4 % | 28 % | 29 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia?
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services in Gambia was 28 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 43 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 % in 2022.
- How does Gambia rank for percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services?
- Gambia ranks 105th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.