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Gambia

$271m received in 2022
12 donors recorded

Aid received over time

$0.00m$81m$162m$244m$325m20002004200820122016202020222000: $50m2000: $50m2001: $53m2001: $53m2002: $64m2002: $64m2003: $63m2003: $63m2004: $61m2004: $61m2005: $61m2005: $61m2006: $75m2006: $75m2007: $94m2007: $94m2008: $86m2008: $86m2009: $109m2009: $109m2010: $121m2010: $121m2011: $136m2011: $136m2012: $139m2012: $139m2013: $112m2013: $112m2014: $100m2014: $100m2015: $114m2015: $114m2016: $92m2016: $92m2017: $284m2017: $284m2018: $234m2018: $234m2019: $190m2019: $190m2020: $301m2020: $301m2021: $248m2021: $248m2022: $271m2022: $271m
Gambia — ODA received USD millions

Who funds it

International Development Association [IDA]: $113mInternational Development Assoc…$113mEU Institutions: $35mEU Institutions$35mUnited Kingdom: $18mUnited Kingdom$18mGlobal Fund: $17mGlobal Fund$17mKuwait: $11mKuwait$11mAfrican Development Fund [AfDF]: $7mAfrican Development Fund [AfDF]$7mIslamic Development Bank [IsDB]: $7mIslamic Development Bank [IsDB]$7mJapan: $6mJapan$6mUNDP: $5mUNDP$5mUN Peacebuilding Fund [UNPBF]: $5mUN Peacebuilding Fund [UNPBF]$5mFrance: $5mFrance$5mUnited States: $5mUnited States$5m
Who funded it, 2022 USD millions

Chinese finance

Not part of the figures above, and not addable to them: China does not report to the OECD, so these are commitments reconstructed by AidData, in constant 2021 dollars. Total $214m.

$0.00m$39m$78m$117m$156m2016202020212016: $53m2016: $53m2017: $144m2017: $144m2018: $2m2018: $2m2019: $5m2019: $5m2020: $0.33m2020: $0.33m2021: $9m2021: $9m
Gambia — Chinese commitments USD millions, constant 2021

Largest projects

China’s Ministry of Commerce provides RMB 579 million grant for Upper River Region (URR) Road and Rivers Project $99m
2017 ODA-like Grant Transport And Storage Completion
China’s Ministry of Commerce provides RMB 300 million grant for International Conference Center Construction Project in Gambia $53m
2016 ODA-like Grant Government And Civil Society Completion
China Eximbank provides $25.9 million concessional loan for Gambia National Broadband Network (GNBN) Project (Linked to Project ID#56893) $30m
2017 ODA-like Loan Communications Completion
Chinese Government cancels RMB 82,850,000 of the Government of the Gambia’s outstanding debt obligations $14m
2017 ODA-like Grant Action Relating To Debt Completion
Chinese government donated a batch of anti-COVID supplies to Gambia March 2021 $5m
2021 ODA-like Grant Health Completion
Chinese Government provides $4.2 million for Agricultural Technical Assistance Project $5m
2019 ODA-like Grant Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing Completion
Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 doses worth $3.6 million in December 2021 $4m
2021 ODA-like Grant Health Completion
Chinese Government donates 2,734 tons of rice to Gambia in 2019 $1m
2018 ODA-like Grant Developmental Food Aid/Food Security Assistance Completion

Source: AidData Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset v3.0 (ODC-BY). Commitments, not disbursements.

What the country raises itself

Aid is only one side of the ledger. Revenue excluding grants is the direct counterpart to ODA: what the state collects without donor support.

9.7% Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2024

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Source: OECD DAC2A, as reported by donors. A reported disbursement is not evidence of funds received or spent.