The Gambia 2019 Statistical Abstract The Gambia Bureau of Statistics 1 2 Contents Concepts and Definitions ................................................................................................. 16 Chapter 1 Population and Demography .......................................................................... 18 1.1 Population ................................................................................................................................................. 18 1.1.1 Number of Persons in Households by LGA and Sex, 2018 ............................................................................................................................... 18 1.1.2 Average Household Size (number of persons) by LGA and Sex of the Head of household, 2019 ................................................................. 19 1.1.3 Number and Percentage of Population Aged 15 to 64 years by, Age Group and Sex, 2019 ......................................................................... 19 1.1.4 Number and Percentage of Persons Aged 15 to 64 years by Marital Status and Sex, 2019.......................................................................... 20 1.1.5 Percentage Distribution of the Population by Disability Status and LGA, 2019 ............................................................................................. 20 1.2 Poverty ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 1.2.1 Distribution of the Population by Absolute Poverty, LGA and District ............................................................................................................ 21 1.2.2 Distribution of the Population by Food Poverty, LGA and District .................................................................................................................. 23 1.2.3 Distribution of the Population by Extreme Poverty, LGA and District ............................................................................................................ 26 1.2.4 Decile Dispersion Ratio by LGA and District...................................................................................................................................................... 28 1.2.5 Distribution of Households by Perceived Poverty Status, LGA and District .................................................................................................... 30 1.3 Births ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 1.3.1 Number of early registration of births reported by Regions in 2019 .............................................................................................................. 32 1.3.2 Number of late registration of births reported by Regions in 2019 ................................................................................................................ 32 1.4 Deaths ....................................................................................................................................................... 33 1.4.1 Number of child deaths registration reported by Regions in 2018 ................................................................................................................. 33 1.4.2 Number of deaths above five Years old reported by Regions in 2018 ............................................................................................................ 33 3 Chapter 2 Macroeconomic and Financial Data ................................................................ 34 2.1 Gross Domestic Product – Production Approach ..................................................................................... 34 2.1.1 Current GDP estimates (Millions of Dalasis), 2013 base year .......................................................................................................................... 34 2.1.2 Constant GDP estimates (Millions of Dalasis), 2013 base year ....................................................................................................................... 36 2.1.3 Contribution to GDP estimates, 2013 base year: market price ....................................................................................................................... 39 2.1.4 Contribution to GDP estimates, 2013 base year: basic price .......................................................................................................................... 40 2.1.5 GDP Growth, 2013 base year ............................................................................................................................................................................ 41 2.1.6 GDP Deflator, 2013 base year ........................................................................................................................................................................... 43 2.2 GDP by Expenditure Approach .................................................................................................................. 44 2.2.1 GDP by Expenditure approach at market prices (Millions of Dalasis), 2013 base year .................................................................................. 44 2.2.2 GDP by Expenditure approach at constant prices (Millions of Dalasis), (2013 base year) ............................................................................ 46 2.2.3 Structure of GDP by Expenditure approach ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 2.2.4 Real growth rates of GDP by Expenditure approach ........................................................................................................................................ 49 2.3 Consumer Prices ....................................................................................................................................... 50 2.4 The National Producer Price Index, September 2017=100 ...................................................................... 52 2.4.1 Producer Price Quarterly Statistics (March 2019) ............................................................................................................................................ 52 2.4.2 Producer Price Quarterly Statistics (June 2019) ............................................................................................................................................... 53 2.4.3 Producer Price Quarterly Statistics (September 2019) .................................................................................................................................... 54 2.4.4 Producer Price Quarterly Statistics (December 2019) ..................................................................................................................................... 56 2.5 Central Government Operations .............................................................................................................. 57 2.6 Financial Statistics from Central Bank of The Gambia .............................................................................. 62 4 2.6.1 Depository Corporations Survey – Summary Account of Deposit Money Banks ........................................................................................... 62 2.6.2 Central Bank Survey – Summary Account of The Central Bank ....................................................................................................................... 63 2.6.3 Balance of Payments .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 2.6.4 Official Reserve Assets (Monthly)...................................................................................................................................................................... 72 2.6.5 Exchange Rates ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 2.6.6 Distribution of Outstanding Treasury Bills ........................................................................................................................................................ 73 2.7 Labour Statistics ........................................................................................................................................ 73 2.7.1 Distribution of the Working Age Population by Age group, 2018 ................................................................................................................... 73 2.7.2 Labour Force Participation Rate by Area, Sex and LGA, 2018 ......................................................................................................................... 74 2.7.3 Labour Force Participation Rate by Level of Education, 2018 ......................................................................................................................... 74 2.7.4 Percentage distribution of Population outside the Labour Force by Reasons for Inactivity, 2018 ............................................................... 75 2.7.5 Employed Persons Aged Age 15-64 Years by Age Group and Sex, 2018 ........................................................................................................ 75 2.7.6 Employed population Age 15-64 Years by LGA and Age group, 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