Foreign direct investments as a share of GDP rose 566% to 0.004% in Gambia in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Gambia reached an all time high of 0.125% in 2006 and an all time low of -0.011% in 1986. When compared to Gambia's main peers, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Guinea Bissau amounted to 0.012%, 0.017% in Mali, 0.117% in Mauritania and 0.025% in Senegal in 2017.
Gambia has been ranked 147th within the group of 167 countries we follow in terms of foreign direct investments as a share of GDP, 114 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Direct Investments (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Algeria | % | 0.008% | 0.007% | -0.003% | 0.010% | 0.007% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.036% | 0.026% | 0.020% | 0.030% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 0.050% | 0.019% | -0.001% | < -0.001% | 0.004% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | < 0.001% | -0.008% | 0.006% | 0.188% | 0.056% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | % | 0.019% | 0.027% | 0.018% | 0.012% | 0.012% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.023% | 0.010% | 0.021% | 0.025% | 0.036% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.156% | 0.076% | 0.081% | 0.042% | 0.087% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 0.031% | 0.032% | 0.032% | 0.021% | 0.024% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.070% | 0.076% | 0.055% | 0.029% | 0.030% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.016% | 0.020% | 0.023% | 0.025% | 0.028% |
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