Gambia vs IDA only: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Gambia
- IDA only
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 13.5% against 7.8% in IDA only, a difference of 5.7%.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.7 times IDA only's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 25th and IDA only ranks 24th of 197 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | IDA only | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.1% | 5.4% | 4.6% | Gambia |
| 1980s | 8.6% | 6.3% | 2.3% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.4% | 1.1% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 8.5% | 5.5% | 3.0% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 11.2% | 6.7% | 4.5% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 7.6% | 7.1% | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insurance and financial services, Gambia or IDA only?
- Gambia, at 13.5% against 7.8% in IDA only as of 2025.
- What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Gambia and IDA only?
- 5.7%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and IDA only?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and IDA only rank globally for insurance and financial services?
- Gambia ranks 25th and IDA only ranks 24th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.