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

Gambia

69.0%

in 2024

Rwanda

72.0%

in 2024

Gambia rank

178th

Rwanda rank

175th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Gambia
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 72.0% against 69.0% in Gambia, a difference of 3.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 178th and Rwanda ranks 175th of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Gambia
Share of the population with access to basic services in Rwanda
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.