Inequality in life expectancy in Gambia
Gambia: Inequality in life expectancy was 0.222 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.222
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
36th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.3048
in 2010
All-time low
0.222
in 2023
Years of data
14
2010–2023
Inequality in life expectancy in Gambia, 2010–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 0.222 for inequality in life expectancy in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inequality in life expectancy in Gambia peaked at 0.3048 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.222, in 2023.
Gambia ranks 36th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.274 | 0.2447 | 0.3048 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2299 | 0.222 | 0.2367 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More health data for Gambia
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,044 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 700 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 37,086 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 811,915 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 1.12 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 36,403 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 37,145 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inequality in life expectancy in Gambia?
- Inequality in life expectancy in Gambia was 0.222 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest inequality in life expectancy recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3048 in 2010.
- What is the lowest inequality in life expectancy recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.222 in 2023.
- How does Gambia rank for inequality in life expectancy?
- Gambia ranks 36th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is inequality in life expectancy rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Inequality in life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).