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Gross debt in the Gambia

The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. On the other hand not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.

The gross debt in the Gambia in the period from 1998 to 2020 was between 446.6 million and 1.6 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 2 billion US Dollar was reached in 2020.

Based on the number of inhabitants, this is in the Gambia a debt of 645 USD per person. For comparison: The average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,798 USD.


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Gross debt for the last 22 years in millions of USD




YearGambia totalGambia per capitaEU per capita
1998606.34 M USD490 USD14,079 USD
1999571.67 M USD448 USD14,032 USD
2000573.49 M USD435 USD11,232 USD
2001517.14 M USD380 USD11,255 USD
2002542.82 M USD387 USD12,258 USD
2003446.59 M USD308 USD15,286 USD
2004782.05 M USD523 USD17,595 USD
2005848.85 M USD550 USD18,327 USD
2006920.71 M USD579 USD18,877 USD
2007486.58 M USD297 USD20,898 USD
2008617.34 M USD365 USD24,086 USD
2009563.64 M USD324 USD25,361 USD
2010662.82 M USD370 USD26,496 USD
2011694.14 M USD376 USD29,231 USD
2012700.31 M USD368 USD28,174 USD
2013801.21 M USD408 USD29,981 USD
2014873.97 M USD432 USD30,648 USD
2015956.03 M USD458 USD25,920 USD
20161,201.74 M USD559 USD26,262 USD
20171,309.39 M USD591 USD27,025 USD
20181,413.57 M USD620 USD28,454 USD
20191,460.18 M USD622 USD27,178 USD
20201,559.61 M USD645 USD30,798 USD


Comparison of the gross debt per capita with the European Union in Euro



      Gambia       European Union


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