Foreign direct investment inflows in Gambia

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Gambia were 10.6% of GDP in 2025.

Gambia, 2025 10.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.9percentage points 2024: 9.7%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 15th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows 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.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period GambiaWorld
2025 10.6% 1.4%
2024 9.7% 1.2%
2023 8.6% 0.9%
2022 10.5% 1.9%
2021 12.5% 2.5%
2020 10.5% 1.3%
2019 3.9% 2.2%
2018 4.9% 1.2%
2017 4.3% 2.7%
2016 4.7% 3.5%
2015 5.2% 3.6%
2014 1.9% 2.4%
2013 5.0% 2.6%
2012 2.9% 2.7%
2011 2.6% 3.2%
2010 2.4% 2.7%
2009 2.7% 2.4%
2008 4.5% 3.7%
2007 6.1% 5.3%
2006 7.8% 4.2%
2005 5.2% 3.3%
2004 5.8% 2.2%
2003 3.8% 1.9%
2002 7.4% 2.1%
2001 5.2% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 9.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Gambia has the 15th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 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 and International Financial Statistics