Human development index vs mean male height in Gambia
Gambia: Human development index vs mean male height was 0.524 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Human development index vs mean male height in Gambia, 1990–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 0.524 for human development index vs mean male height in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human development index vs mean male height in Gambia peaked at 0.524 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.331, in 1990.
That places Gambia 170th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3647 | 0.331 | 0.396 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.432 | 0.403 | 0.459 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4816 | 0.463 | 0.508 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.517 | 0.512 | 0.524 | 4 |
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More gender data for Gambia
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 39,680 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 40,675 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 39,327 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 40,247 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 38,827 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 39,719 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 38,224 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 39,069 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 37,625 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 38,424 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human development index vs mean male height in Gambia?
- Human development index vs mean male height in Gambia was 0.524 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human development index vs mean male height recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.524 in 2023.
- What is the lowest human development index vs mean male height recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.331 in 1990.
- How does Gambia rank for human development index vs mean male height?
- Gambia ranks 170th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is human development index vs mean male height rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Human development index vs mean male height. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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