Portulans Institute

Gambia

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Key Indicators
Income Group Low income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 2,759,988
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 3,321

Performance Overview

ISO3

GMB

Country

Gambia

Score

31.48

Rank

110

Input

108

Output

117

Enable

38.93

Attract

49.39

Grow

23.45

Retain

30.65

VT

35.97

GA

10.46

Pillar: Enable Score: 38.93Rank: 104
SCORERANK

Regulatory Landscape

43.05 86

1. Government effectiveness

36.68101

2. Rule of law

43.1586

3. Political stability

65.4264

4. Regulatory quality

31.99103

5. Corruption

38.0075

Market Landscape

30.37 115

1. Extent of market dominance

30.48125

2. Domestic credit to private sector

0.28128

3. Cluster development

35.24125

4. R&D expenditure

1.01109

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

56.40109

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

58.8472

Business & Labour Landscape

43.37 91

1. Labour rights

83.6066

2. Labour-employer cooperation

58.1070

3. Professional management

54.7685

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

40.48109

5. Enterprise software

14.5665

6. Cloud computing

8.7598

7. Firms with website

n/an/a
Pillar: Attract Score: 49.39Rank: 77
SCORERANK

External Openness

36.10 79

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

36.34105

3. Migrant stock

16.2452

4. International students

n/an/a

5. Brain gain

55.7146

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

62.68 69

1. Tolerance of minorities

73.4020

2. Tolerance of immigrants

89.2312

3. Social mobility

45.24118

4. Economic empowerment of women

69.38109

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

44.55100

6. Leadership opportunities for women

54.29114
Pillar: Grow Score: 23.45Rank: 107
SCORERANK

Formal Education

26.61 56

1. Vocational enrolment

73.252

2. Tertiary enrolment

6.57109

3. Tertiary education expenditure

n/an/a

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

19.83 125

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

21.8985

3. Employee development

37.62130

Access to Growth Opportunities

23.92 127

1. Delegation of authority

64.1736

2. Youth inclusion

10.35123

3. Use of virtual social networks

13.90120

4. Use of virtual professional networks

7.25101
Pillar: Retain Score: 30.65Rank: 118
SCORERANK

Sustainability

28.00 120

1. Pension coverage

16.29115

2. Social protection

46.7566

3. Brain retention

43.3374

4. Environmental performance

37.60107

5. Vulnerable employment

28.74113

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

8.70119

7. Household Financial Resilience

14.6198

Lifestyle

33.29 111

1. Personal rights

67.7852

2. Personal safety

30.50119

3. Physician density

1.20127

4. Sanitation

39.83117

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

27.15107
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 35.97Rank: 110
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Mid-level Skills

19.92 107

1. Workforce with secondary education

26.9897

2. Population with secondary education

22.1991

3. Technicians and associate professionals

10.59108

4. Labour productivity per employee

n/an/a

Employability

52.02 101

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

48.10100

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

58.1834

3. Skills matching

38.4198

4. Highly educated unemployment

63.41100
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 10.46Rank: 121
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High-level Skills

8.60 128

1. Workforce with tertiary education

11.63105

2. Soft Skills

n/an/a

3. Professionals

11.9393

4. Researchers

0.4599

5. Senior officials and managers

10.4096

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

12.32 102

1. ICT services exports

0.75132

2. Mobile apps development

n/an/a

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

55.7719

4. High-value exports

3.60102

5. Software development

0.45123

6. New business density

n/an/a

7. Scientific journal articles

1.03106

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