Afghanistan vs Gambia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP

Afghanistan
0.0006 people per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Gambia
0.0007 people per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
6th
Gambia rank
4th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Gambia
0.0010.0010.002196619952025

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.0007 people per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 people per US$ of GDP in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 6th and Gambia ranks 4th of 211 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Gambia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0008 people per US$ of GDP 0.001 people per US$ of GDP 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP Gambia
2010s 0.0004 people per US$ of GDP 0.0009 people per US$ of GDP 0.0004 people per US$ of GDP Gambia
2020s 0.0006 people per US$ of GDP 0.0008 people per US$ of GDP 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp, Afghanistan or Gambia?
Gambia, at 0.0007 people per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 people per US$ of GDP in Afghanistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp between Afghanistan and Gambia?
0.0001 people per US$ of GDP, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Gambia?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Gambia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of gdp?
Afghanistan ranks 6th and Gambia ranks 4th of 211 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP
Unit
people per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
211 places, 11,717 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.