Cost of Living inSerekunda, Gambia
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Gambia: $3,058/capita.
Income Category
Happiness
4.5 / 10
#110 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Gambia yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Serekunda. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Serekunda is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Gambia.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedPublic coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and country-level outcomes are weaker weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
53/100
2023
Physicians
0.09/1k
2023
Hospital beds
1.11/1k
2023
Out of pocket
34%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
66.1 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
354/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
23.0/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Gambia yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2018 annual wages in Serekunda, Gambia · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Short-stay entry
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Serekunda compared with the US?
Your money goes about 4.3x further in Serekunda than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
What quality-of-life signal do we have for Serekunda?
The quality-of-life signal for Serekunda is the World Happiness Report score for Gambia — 4.5 (ranking #110 globally) in the latest available national data, which gives a rough national-level read for Serekunda.
About Serekunda
Serekunda is the largest urban area in Gambia, sitting on the Atlantic coast in the Kanifing Municipal Council just inland from Banjul, with about 340,000 residents that make it substantially larger than the formal capital. It functions as the country's real commercial center, anchored by trade, the tourism corridor running through Senegambia and Kololi, fishing, and remittance-driven retail. English is the official working language, with Wolof and Mandinka dominant in daily use. The climate is hot tropical with a sharply defined wet season from June to October. Relocators are typically diaspora returnees and regional West African migrants drawn by the coastal location, comparatively stable governance, and the lowest cost base of any English-speaking West African capital area.
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