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Overview In 2022 Gambia was the number 193 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 175 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of Gambia are Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews ($35.4M), Sawn Wood ($17.4M), Scrap Iron ($15.5M), Rough Wood ($14.8M), and Molluscs ($14.7M), exporting mostly to India ($52.9M), China ($38.7M), Italy ($11.6M), Chile ($11.1M), and Portugal ($9.02M).

Imports The top imports of Gambia are Light Pure Woven Cotton ($140M), Rice ($73.6M), Raw Sugar ($72.5M), Poultry Meat ($58.5M), and Palm Oil ($55.3M), importing mostly from China ($454M), Senegal ($177M), India ($122M), Brazil ($113M), and United States ($66.3M).

Location Gambia borders Senegal by land and Cape Verde by sea.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Gambia.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2022)Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews$35.4M
Top Destination (2022)India$52.9M

In 2022, Gambia exported a total of $170M, making it the number 193 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Gambia have changed by -$38.3M from $208M in 2017 to $170M in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews ($35.4M), Sawn Wood ($17.4M), Scrap Iron ($15.5M), Rough Wood ($14.8M), and Molluscs ($14.7M). The most common destination for the exports of Gambia are India ($52.9M), China ($38.7M), Italy ($11.6M), Chile ($11.1M), and Portugal ($9.02M).

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Market Growth

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
India$11.7M (+ 28.4%)
Italy$8.26M (+ 247%)
Portugal$7.96M (+ 747%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
Argentina$9.56M (+ 116%)
United States$9.41M (+ 16.5%)
Poland$5.3M (+ 56.9%)

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Service Trade

Service Trade

Gambia Exports Services (2013)$17.9M

In 2013, Gambia exported $17.9M worth of services. The top services exported by Gambia in 2013 were Telecommunications services ($17.9M).

Gambia did not import services in the same year.

Service Exports (2013)

Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Gambia has a high level of specialization in Fish oil (489), Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews (473), Ground Nut Oil (261), Molluscs (159), and Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium and Zirconium Ore (147). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Gambia observed and expected exports in each product.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Gambia according to the relatedness index, were Gold (0.087), Cocoa Beans (0.08), Coffee (0.07), Coconut Oil (0.069), and Palm Oil (0.068). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Gambia is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Gambia. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Gambia exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relatedness Space (2022)

Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

Diversification Frontier

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