Gambia, The: Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Gambia, The's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) rose 3.24 percentage points on 2024 (from 19.37% to 22.6%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2024), the average change was +0.45 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.36 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.38 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Gambia, The had the 9th highest value of the 42 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Gambia, The in the 2025 ranking

• El Salvador — 5th of 42: 24.11%
• Korea, Rep. — 6th of 42: 23.85%
• Tanzania — 7th of 42: 23.04%
• Chile — 9th of 42: 22.43%
• Bangladesh — 10th of 42: 22.03%
• Australia — 11th of 42: 20.34%

What this measures

Private investment covers outlays by the private sector (including private nonprofit agencies) on additions to its fixed domestic assets. Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 23 values

Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 7.3% (2024)
• Benin — 28.97% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 10.21% (2022)
• Cameroon — 15.67% (2025)
• Chad — 11.14% (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 12.89% (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 17.71% (2020)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 12.67% (2025)
• Equatorial Guinea — 2.85% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Gambia, The

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$285.75 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) — US$15.6 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$129.96 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$343.86 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$343.86 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$343.86 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$343.86 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Gambia, The's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP)?

22.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is up 6.97 percentage points from 15.63% in 1981. The highest value was 26.39% in 2020 and the lowest 9.04% in 1986.

How does Gambia, The rank?

9th highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) unusual for Gambia, The?

In 2025, Gambia, The's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) rose 3.24 percentage points on 2024 (from 19.37% to 22.6%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2024), the average change was +0.45 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FPRV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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