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

Gambia

69.0%

in 2024

Sudan

66.0%

in 2024

Gambia rank

178th

Sudan rank

179th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Gambia
Sudan

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 69.0% against 66.0% in Sudan, a difference of 3.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Sudan ahead.

Gambia ranks 178th and Sudan ranks 179th 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 Sudan
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.