What is the difference in budgetary investment between Gambia and Namibia?

1.99 billion current LCU, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Namibia?

24 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank country economists, published as Budgetary investment (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Namibia: Budgetary investment

Gambia

2.75 billion current LCU

in 2011

Namibia

4.75 billion current LCU

in 2011

Gambia rank

39th

Namibia rank

38th

Budgetary investment over time

Gambia
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 4.75 billion current LCU against 2.75 billion current LCU in Gambia, a difference of 1.99 billion current LCU.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.7 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Namibia ahead.

Gambia ranks 39th and Namibia ranks 38th of 51 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	157.82 million current LCU	265.87 million current LCU	108.04 million current LCU	Namibia
1990s	272.94 million current LCU	573.01 million current LCU	300.07 million current LCU	Namibia
2000s	1.19 billion current LCU	1.83 billion current LCU	644.91 million current LCU	Namibia
2010s	2.75 billion current LCU	5.03 billion current LCU	2.29 billion current LCU	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher budgetary investment, Gambia or Namibia?: Namibia, at 4.75 billion current LCU against 2.75 billion current LCU in Gambia as of 2011.
What is the difference in budgetary investment between Gambia and Namibia?: 1.99 billion current LCU, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Namibia?: 24 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2011.
How do Gambia and Namibia rank globally for budgetary investment?: Gambia ranks 39th and Namibia ranks 38th of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank country economists, published as Budgetary investment (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Budgetary investment (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 51 places, 1,347 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Budgetary investment. Data are in current local currency.