🇬🇲 Gambia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇬🇲 Gambia GM / GMB #159

Nomad Score 50.0

Cities 12

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency GMD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 37/100

Press Freedom (2025) 65.5/100 #58

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.641

HDI 0.524

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 46th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 38th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 46th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 30th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 28th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 46th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 29.6/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential republic

Title	Name
President of the Gambia	Adama Barrow
Vice-President of the Gambia	Muhammad B. S. Jallow

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 37 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 65.5 / 100

Global Rank #58 / 180

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #47 59.1

Economic #69 46.5

Legal #83 63.0

Social #51 72.8

Safety #62 86.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.641

Liberal 0.522

Participatory 0.406

Deliberative 0.486

Egalitarian 0.452

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	65.5	58	59.1	46.5	63.0	72.8	86.1
2024	65.5	58	57.6	48.5	60.7	76.9	84.0
2023	71.1	46	66.9	59.2	60.8	85.0	83.5
2022	69.3	50	71.1	51.4	67.7	81.3	74.7
2021	69.2	85	-	-	-	-	93.1
2020	69.4	87	-	-	-	-	93.1
2019	68.7	92	-	-	-	-	93.1
2018	61.6	122	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	53.3	143	-	-	-	-	54.6
2016	53.5	145	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	55.5	151	-	-	-	-	54.4
2014	53.6	155	-	-	-	-	-
2013	54.9	152	-	-	-	-	-
2012	65.5	141	-	-	-	-	-
2010	40.5	125	-	-	-	-	-
2009	48.3	137	-	-	-	-	-
2008	42.8	137	-	-	-	-	-
2007	48.3	130	-	-	-	-	-
2006	54.0	149	-	-	-	-	-
2005	41.0	130	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index