Gambia: Net errors and omissions
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| Gambia |
Balance of payments, net errors and omissions |
|---|---|
| Latest value | -151.61 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Measure | million USD |
| Data availability | 1978 - 2025 |
| Average | -39.77 |
| Min - Max | -333.27 - 56.04 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2025 is -151.61 million USD, an increase from -333.27 million USD in 2024. In comparison, the world average is -790.06 million USD, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for the Gambia from 1978 to 2025 is -39.77 million USD. The minimum value, -333.27 million USD, was reached in 2024 while the maximum of 56.04 million USD was recorded in 1980.
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| Recent values | Gambia: Net errors and omissions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -151.61 |
| 2024 | -333.27 |
| 2023 | -289.37 |
| 2022 | -234.63 |
| 2021 | -117.69 |
| 2020 | -101.50 |
| 2019 | -36.08 |
| 2018 | 19.27 |
Definition: Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
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| Related indicators | Latest | Reference | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 95.30 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 62.17 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | 2.290 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 12.73 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 0.33 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 33.99 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 49.44 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 1.28 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 9.66 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 0.27 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 0.00 | 1994 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -4.15 | 2024 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -0.08 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -36.71 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -0.70 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 0.63 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 22.00 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 616.98 | 2025 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | -151.61 | 2025 | million USD |
| External debt | 59.02 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 6.89 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 15.83 | 2023 | percent |