Gambia
Level calmupdated 43 min agoNo underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.
What are the main risks in Gambia?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 6 events there, including 1 severe. The most frequent: Civil unrest, Wildfire, Travel advisory.
Is there a government travel advisory for Gambia?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 0 advise against travel and 9 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Gambia: current alerts and safety news
Nothing notable in the last 7 days.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Gambia?
Gambia records very little. Over the last 12 months our sensors logged three events, none of them severe, and nothing is open right now. Two were bush fires, one was a travel advisory notice. Fire is the only hazard here that really follows a season: it comes with the dry months, when grass and scrub burn easily and smoke drifts across roads. Nothing else stands out in the record. That thinness says more about how little reaches our sources than about a country without risk. In what we hold, no state advises against travel here. Everyday security, theft and scams are measured by nothing we have, so read an absence of numbers as an absence of measurement, not as proof of calm.
What it changes for a nomad
For a stay of several weeks, nothing in our data points to one time of year over another. The one seasonal marker is fire: during the dry months, smoke and rural burning can make moving around harder. The rest of the year, our sensors pick up nothing in particular here. Because coverage is thin, lean on local sources and on your own foreign ministry rather than on this counter. A quiet month in Gambia does not carry the same weight as a quiet month in a heavily monitored country. Plan your work around what you can verify on the ground, and check the advisory page again before you fly rather than trusting a reading from before you booked.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Gambia has recorded a total of 3 notable events over the last 12 months. The main hazards are wildfires and travel advisories. Wildfires occurred twice, mainly during the dry season, with no recent severe events reported. One travel advisory was issued, but it was not severe. There are no signs of armed conflict or major security issues. The country’s most active month for hazards is January, which sees the highest number of events. Overall, risks are limited and mostly seasonal, with no recent major disruptions or emergencies reported.
To watch as a rule
- Bush fires and the smoke they push over roads during the dry months.
- Changes to the travel advice your own government publishes.
- The thinness of the record itself: few local sources feed our sensors, so a quiet month here proves less than elsewhere.
Good reflexes
- Read your own foreign ministry's page on Gambia before booking, then again the week you travel.
- In the dry months, ask your host where anything is burning nearby before heading out of town.
- Keep offline maps and a copy of your passport on your phone, not only in the cloud.
- Write down the emergency numbers your accommodation or embassy gives you instead of assuming the ones from home.
Gambia: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
None of the 19 countries surveyed advises against this country; 9 recommend increased caution.
- Advised against by 4+ states
- Advised against by 1 state
- Advised against unless essential
Gambia: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Watch out vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 38.3 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Safely managed drinking water: 48.2 % of the population (median 80.5)
- Road deaths: 29.6 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 0.09 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 1.1 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- Life expectancy at birth: 66.1 years (median 74.7)
- New displacements, conflict: 2.8 per 1,000 people (median 0.48)
- New displacements, disasters: 1.9 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Below the world median (80.5) · higher is better
Above the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.48) · lower is better
7,800 people in total
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
5,300 people in total
4,108 people in total
509 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
4.2/10 — medium
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Gambia: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 0 events
Eventsof which severeNo major event reported by our sources in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months · 6 events
Eventsof which severe- Civil unrest2
- Wildfire2
- Travel advisory11 1 severe
- Risk1
By month
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