Health in Gambia

1,350 indicators covering health for Gambia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 164 2024 up 4.5% 87th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 280 2024 down 13.6% 91st
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 455 2024 up 8.1% 93rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 151 2024 down 18.4% 94th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 291 2024 up 10.2% 96th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 140 2024 down 18.1% 103rd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 360 2024 up 8.1% 100th
Adolescent mortality rate 4.13 2024 down 25.1% 33rd
Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds 8.73 2024 down 30.0% 35th
Mortality rate among children ages 5 to 9 years 4.62 2024 down 33.9% 35th
Number of deaths among adolescents 293 2024 down 1.0% 87th
Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 634 2024 down 13.7% 82nd
Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 341 2024 down 22.3% 80th
Terrorism deaths 0 2021 59th
Share of deaths from terrorism 0 2021 58th
Deaths from terrorism by target 0 2021 2nd
Deaths from suicide and non suicide terrorist attacks 0 2021 59th
Suicide and other terrorist attacks 0 2021 80th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 59th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 21st
Prevalence of HIV, total 1.3% 2024 down 31.6% 29th
Number of people who are undernourished 500,000 2023 up 150.0% 75th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 31.0% 2024 down 0.5% 95th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.2% 2021 up 2.4% 48th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 22.5% 2021 down 11.4% 81st
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.8% 2021 down 5.2% 62nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.83 per 100,000 population 2021 down 29.1% 66th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.53 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 32.1% 65th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.12 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 28.7% 66th
Suicide mortality rate, female 3.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 9.2% 104th
Suicide mortality rate, male 6.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.5% 132nd
Suicide mortality rate 4.81 per 100,000 population 2021 up 1.1% 128th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 21.8 2021 down 5.2% 62nd
Mortality from ncds gender 22.5 2021 down 11.4% 81st
Healthy life expectancy at birth 55.84 2021 up 2.0% 152nd
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 8.72 2021 down 21.5% 47th
Nurses and midwives 0.658 per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.7% 173rd
Share of women among the population living with hiv 61.26 2024 up 8.0% 37th
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 0.9575 2023 up 8.4% 74th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 99.9% 2023 up 0.4% 6th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.001 2023 down 78.4% 176th
Diabetes prevalence who gho 8.7 2014 up 31.8% 82nd
Child mortality rate ihme 3.78 2019 down 39.1% 49th
Neonatal mortality ihme 1.94 2019 down 27.9% 49th
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 1,406 2019 down 24.9% 86th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 0.19 2020 down 82.1% 156th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 0.61 2020 down 80.8% 156th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 1.06 2020 down 80.4% 156th
Low-birthweight babies 13.2% 2020 down 3.9% 48th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 44 2024 up 158.8% 130th
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 16.62 2022 up 11.1% 174th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 13.29 2022 up 36.4% 88th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 11.27 2022 up 45.3% 129th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 18.21 2022 up 10.7% 175th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.222 2023 down 21.9% 36th
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.222 2023 down 21.9% 36th
Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 4.4 2024 down 32.3% 36th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 51.6% 2022 up 34.7% 25th