Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia
Gambia: Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma was 0 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia, 2005–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2024, number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia stood at 0. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia peaked at 401,397 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2019.
Gambia ranks 22nd of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18,402 | — |
| 2006 | 401,397 | +2081.3% |
| 2007 | 143,658 | -64.2% |
| 2008 | 151,135 | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 111,969 | -25.9% |
| 2010 | 49,594 | -55.7% |
| 2011 | 3,175 | -93.6% |
| 2012 | 6,204 | +95.4% |
| 2014 | 516 | -91.7% |
| 2015 | 429 | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 106 | -75.3% |
| 2017 | 74 | -30.2% |
| 2018 | 13 | -82.4% |
| 2019 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +2081.3% | 18,402 | 401,397 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 165,312 | 18,402 | 401,397 | 5 |
| 2010s | 6,679 | 0 | 49,594 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 19 Guatemala 36 compare
- 20 Guinea-Bissau 29 compare
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- 22 Guinea 0 compare
- 22 Mexico 0 compare
- 22 Togo 0
- 22 Cameroon 0 compare
- 22 Morocco 0 compare
- 22 Uganda 0 compare
- 22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 compare
- 22 Zimbabwe 0 compare
- 22 Pakistan 0 compare
- 22 Chad 0 compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 22 Fiji 0
- 22 Oman 0 compare
- 22 Burkina Faso 0 compare
- 22 Peru 0
- 22 Mali 0 compare
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- 22 Botswana 0
- 22 Nepal 0 compare
- 22 Senegal 0 compare
- 22 Ghana 0 compare
- 22 Eritrea 0 compare
- 22 Papua New Guinea 0
- 22 Iraq 0
- 22 Mauritania 0 compare
- 22 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0
- 22 Yemen 0 compare
- 22 Burundi 0 compare
- 22 Vanuatu 0 compare
- 22 Cambodia 0 compare
- 22 Brazil 0 compare
- 22 Benin 0 compare
- 22 Angola 0 compare
- 22 Myanmar 0 compare
- 22 Somalia 0
- 22 China 0
- 22 Viet Nam 0 compare
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0686 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.9636 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia?
- Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma in Gambia was 0 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 401,397 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2019.
- How does Gambia rank for number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma?
- Gambia ranks 22nd out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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