Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia: Share of the population with access to basic services

Equatorial Guinea
65.1%
in 2024
Gambia
69.0%
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
181st
Gambia rank
178th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gambia
204060199320082024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 69.0% against 65.1% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 3.9%.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 181st and Gambia ranks 178th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit
% of population
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
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Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.