Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa
Low income Lowincome group 2010 2010
Country data 2005 Economic and social context Population (millions) Labor force (millions) Unemployment rate (% of labor force) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–10 (average annual %) Agriculture value added (% of GDP) Industry value added (% of GDP) Manufacturing value added (% of GDP) Services value added (% of GDP) Inflation (annual % change in consumer price index) Exchange rate (local currency units per $) Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) Business environment Ease of doing business index (ranking 1–183; 1=best) Time to start a business (days) Procedures to start a business (number) Firing cost (weeks of wages) Resolving insolvency (years) Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) Profit tax (% of commercial profits) New businesses registered (thousands) New business density (new regis. per 1,000 working-age pop.) Enterprise surveys Time dealing with gov’t officials (% of management time) Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (%) Firms using banks to finance investments (% of firms) Delay in obtaining an electrical connection (days) ISO certification ownership (% of firms) Private sector investment Invest. in infra. w/privt. part., 2000–05 and 2006–10 ($ millions) Private foreign direct investment, net (% of GDP) Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) Gross fixed private capital formation (% of GDP) Finance and banking Government cash surplus or deficit (% of GDP) Government debt (% of GDP) Deposit money banks’ assets (% of GDP) Total financial system deposits (% of GDP) Bank capital to asset ratio (%) Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans ratio (%) Domestic credit to the private sector (% of GDP) Real interest rate (%) Interest rate spread (percentage points) Infrastructure Paved roads (% of total roads) Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) Power outages in firms a typical month (number) Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Internet users (per 100 people)
1.5 0.64 .. 270 3.2 32.1 13.3 5.0 54.6 4.8 28.6 40.0 62.8 .. 27 8 9.0 3.0 286.3 .. .. .. 7.3 13.6 7.6 63.9 22.2 7 11.6 24.8 13.9 .. .. 21.0 28.7 .. .. 13.0 22.2 17.6 19.3 .. 23.7 16.5 3.8
The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development
2012
1.7 0.75 .. 450 4.9 26.9 15.7 5.0 57.3 5.0 28.0 29.3 48.7 149 27 8 26.0 3.0 283.5 6.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 4.6 .. .. .. .. 26.7 35.1 .. .. 19.1 17.2 12.4 .. .. .. 85.5 9.2
796 364 .. 530 5.7 25.6 25.6 14.2 48.8
20.8 33.4 33 8 63.5 3.7 67.8 18.7 0.3
21,616 3.2 22.4 16.0 .. .. 34.8 31.7 .. .. 29.7 9.8 20.7 229 33.1 5.6
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