Gambia, The
Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income· 2.70M inhabitants
Last updated: June 1, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Gambia, The
Gambia, The lags behind global peers in Infrastructure (41, 23rd percentile), Human Capital (33, 19th percentile), Innovation (18, 3rd percentile), and School Access and Gender Parity (10, 28th percentile). The remaining dimension is closer to the global average, but does not demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
28.72
20th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity10.00
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Infrastructure40.68
Below global avg. · 23rd %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance41.26
Near the global average · 43rd %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital33.40
Below global avg. · 19th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation18.25
Below global avg. · 3rd %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 1 | Mauritius | 60.09 |
| 68 | 2 | South Africa | 57.27 |
| — | — | Seychelles(microstate) | 56.74 |
| 85 | 3 | Botswana | 53.72 |
| 105 | 4 | Namibia | 48.12 |
| 107 | 5 | Cabo Verde | 47.58 |
| 118 | 6 | Ghana | 41.74 |
| 119 | 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.28 |
| — | — | Sao Tome and Principe(microstate) | 36.12 |
| 127 | 8 | Gabon | 35.02 |
| 128 | 9 | Senegal | 34.18 |
| 129 | 10 | Kenya | 34.12 |
| 133 | 11 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.34 |
| 134 | 12 | Rwanda | 33.10 |
| 135 | 13 | Eswatini | 33.06 |
| 139 | 14 | Lesotho | 30.97 |
| 140 | 15 | Zambia | 30.52 |
| 142 | 16 | Gambia, The | 28.72 |
| 144 | 17 | Tanzania | 28.35 |
| 145 | 18 | Benin | 27.73 |
| 146 | 19 | Angola | 27.61 |
| 147 | 20 | Togo | 27.50 |
| 148 | 21 | Cameroon | 27.15 |
| 149 | 22 | Zimbabwe | 27.07 |
| 151 | 23 | Congo, Rep. | 26.36 |
| 152 | 24 | Mauritania | 25.68 |
| 154 | 25 | Nigeria | 25.12 |
| 155 | 26 | Sierra Leone | 24.55 |
| 156 | 27 | Comoros | 23.93 |
| 157 | 28 | Mozambique | 23.92 |
| 158 | 29 | Uganda | 23.55 |
| 160 | 30 | Ethiopia | 23.25 |
| 161 | 31 | Madagascar | 23.19 |
| 162 | 32 | Malawi | 23.00 |
| 163 | 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.86 |
| 164 | 34 | Guinea | 22.76 |
| 165 | 35 | Burkina Faso | 22.30 |
| 166 | 36 | Mali | 22.23 |
| 167 | 37 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 20.88 |
| 168 | 38 | Sudan | 20.00 |
| 169 | 39 | Liberia | 19.71 |
| 170 | 40 | Niger | 19.70 |
| 172 | 41 | Eritrea | 18.63 |
| 173 | 42 | Burundi | 18.41 |
| 174 | 43 | Somalia | 17.00 |
| 175 | 44 | Chad | 14.27 |
| 176 | 45 | Central African Republic | 13.09 |
| 177 | 46 | South Sudan | 11.87 |