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Gibraltar
Gibraltar places highest on Life Expectancy at Birth (top 6% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 1%).
Gibraltar in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Gibraltar appears in 7 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Gibraltar is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
38,471
people
since 1950
Land area
10
km²
since 1961
Life expectancy
83.55
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Gibraltar
Key facts about Gibraltar
- Capital
- Gibraltar
- Official language
- British English
- Currency
- Gibraltar pound (GIP)
- ISO code
- GIB · GI
- Domain · dialling
- .gi · +350
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Gibraltar’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
03Highs and lows
Where Gibraltar stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Gibraltar sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Gibraltar does best4
In the top third of all countries measured.
- Life Expectancy at Birthtop 6%
Position · derived 14th of 222 · 83.55 · 2023
world median 74.63 (better) · ▼ 2 pts since 2013
Position · derived 14th of 120 · 96.98 · 2024
world median 65.93 (better) · ▲ 3 pts since 2016
- Access to Electricitytop 28%
Not ranked by the publisher · 100 · 2024
world median 100 · ▲ 13 pts since 2014
- Out-of-School Rate, Primarytop 30%
Position · derived 85th of 121 · 1 = worst · 1.58 · 2024
world median 3.691 (better) · ▲ 13 pts since 2023
Where Gibraltar struggles most2
Nothing falls into the world's bottom third — these are Gibraltar's weakest areas even so. 1 is within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 4thLiner Shipping Connectivity Indexbottom 1%
Rank 172nd of 175 · 5.453 · 2026
world median 56.21 (worse) · ▼ 3 pts since 2016
- Secondary School Enrolmentbottom 19%
Position · derived 88th of 109 · 78.53 · 2024
world median 93.19 (worse) · ▼ 77 pts since 2016
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Gibraltar can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04In context
Gibraltar and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Gibraltar has no land border with another country.
Across Southern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 15
Slovenia - 24
Portugal - 26
Italy - 28
Spain - 29
Malta - 30
Croatia - 38
Greece - 44
Montenegro - 45
Serbia - =46
North Macedonia - 56
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 57
Albania - —
Andorranot placed - —Gibraltarnot placed
- —
Kosovonot placed - —
San Marinonot placed - —
Vatican Citynot placed
05The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Gibraltar
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Economy & Innovation1
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index172nd of 175rank5.453LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
bottom 1% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Gibraltar 5.453 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2016
Education & Knowledge3
Out-of-School Rate, Primary85th of 121position · derived · 1 = worst1.58Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)2024
top 30% of 121 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Gibraltar 1.58 · world median 3.691 (better)
Best in the world 0.004 (United Arab Emirates)
▲ +13 percentile points since 2023
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate14th of 120position · derived96.98Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)2024
top 11% of 120 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)
Gibraltar 96.98 · world median 65.93 (better)
Best in the world 99.85 (Moldova)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2016
Secondary School Enrolment88th of 109position · derived78.53Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)2024
bottom 19% of 109 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)
Gibraltar 78.53 · world median 93.19 (worse)
Best in the world 158.55 (Monaco)
▼ -77 percentile points since 2016
Health & Wellbeing1
Life Expectancy at Birth14th of 222position · derived83.55Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
top 6% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Gibraltar 83.55 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2013
Development & Human Capital1
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Gibraltar 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▲ +13 percentile points since 2014
Environment & Sustainability1
Forest Area210th of 210position · derived0Forest area (% of land area)2023
bottom 1% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Gibraltar 0 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
No real change since 2013
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Gibraltar. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Adult Literacy Rate
- Agricultural Emissions
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agricultural Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)
- Arable Land per Person
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Container Port Traffic · last seen 2019
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- GDP Growth
- GDP per Capita (PPP)
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- Global Violent Deaths
- GNI per Capita (PPP)
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Effectiveness
- Government Funding per Primary Student
- Government Spending on Education
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Goods Exports
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Regulatory Quality
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
- Research and Development Spending
- Rule of Law
- School Life Expectancy
- Self-Employment Rate
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Social Protection Coverage
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)
- Trade (% of GDP)
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Voice and Accountability
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Literacy Rate
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
06Keep reading
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07Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Gibraltar can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Gibraltar on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Gibraltar: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/gibraltar