Current account balance in Gambia

The current account balance of Gambia was -2.9% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1978 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Gambia, 2025 -2.9% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.2percentage points 2024: -4.1%

Current account balance in Gambia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2003 to 2025
Period Gambia
2025 -2.9%
2024 -4.1%
2023 -5.0%
2022 -4.1%
2021 -4.3%
2020 -4.8%
2019 -2.0%
2018 -8.1%
2017 -6.3%
2016 -5.1%
2015 -3.9%
2014 -6.9%
2013 -7.1%
2012 -6.6%
2011 -7.7%
2010 1.1%
2009 1.9%
2008 -0.4%
2007 -6.2%
2006 -6.2%
2005 -4.2%
2004 -3.2%
2003 0.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from -4.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -3.9%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1978 to 2025 for Gambia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics