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Gibraltar
Gibraltar places highest on Container Import Dwell Time (top 1% worldwide) and lowest on Qualified Teachers in Primary Education (bottom 1%).
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Gibraltar in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Gibraltar appears in 54 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
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory on a narrow peninsula at the southern tip of Spain, dominated by the Rock, a limestone ridge rising sheer from the sea at the entrance to the Mediterranean, with the mountains of Morocco visible over the water. The Rock is honeycombed with caves and tunnels, and its upper slopes are a nature reserve where Barbary macaques, the only wild monkeys in Europe, live. The town clings to the western side, and the airport runway crosses the isthmus.
Neanderthals lived in Gorham’s Cave, one of their last known homes in Europe, and the ancient world knew the Rock as one of the Pillars of Hercules. In 711 Tariq ibn Ziyad landed here to begin the Muslim conquest of Iberia, and the Rock took his name, Jabal Tariq. Castile took it in 1462. An Anglo-Dutch force captured it in 1704, and the Treaty of Utrecht ceded it to Britain in 1713. It withstood the Great Siege of 1779–83 and served as a naval base in both world wars.
Gibraltarians descend from Genoese, Maltese, Spanish, British, Jewish and Indian families, and many slip between English and Andalusian Spanish in Llanito, the local speech. Calentita, a baked chickpea-flour slice, is the national dish, and National Day each September turns the town red and white. The economy rests on online gambling companies, financial services, ship refuelling in the bay, and visitors who arrive by cruise ship or walk in across the land frontier.
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.
joint67thof 198
From 2 of 4 key statistics
81stof 177
From 2 of 4 key statistics
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Gibraltar holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Gibraltar’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Gibraltar in the table further down this page.
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 best5
In the top third of all countries measured. 2 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 1st
Position · derived 156th of 156 · 1 = worst · 1 · 2024
world median 4.4 (better)
- 5th
Position · derived 5th of 222 · 22.26 · 2023
world median 16.39 (better)
Not ranked by the publisher · -243.2 · 2026
world median 272.35 (better)
- Life Expectancy at Birthtop 6%
Position · derived 14th of 222 · 83.55 · 2023
world median 74.63 (better) · ▼ 2 pts since 2013
Position · derived 198th of 222 · 1 = worst · 50.5 · 2023
world median 133.7 (better) · ▼ 3 pts since 2013
Where Gibraltar struggles most3
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 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
Not ranked by the publisher · 0 · 2024
world median 93.66 (worse) · ▼ 29 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.
- 14
Slovenia - 22
Portugal - 27
Spain - 28
Malta - 30
Croatia - =31
Italy - 38
Greece - 50
Serbia - 53
Albania - 54
North Macedonia - =55
Montenegro - =62
Bosnia and Herzegovina - —
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 statistic for this country’s row beside every other country, the world median and every edition.
Economy & Innovation6
- Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman)top 11%0.6182025
- Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexUNCTAD · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)172nd of 175rank5.4532026
- Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons)top 47%360.52026
- Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting)bottom 4%122025
- Statutory Corporate Income Tax RateOECD · Combined statutory corporate income tax rate, central and sub-central government (%)bottom 19%152026
- Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100)bottom 2%67.942025
Education & Knowledge7
- Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryUIS · Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)85th of 121position · derived · 1 = worst1.582024
- Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryUIS · Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)52nd of 112position · derived87.412024
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)14th of 120position · derived96.982024
- Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · Primary schools with access to electricity (%)top 30%1002024
- Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%)top 22%1002024
- Qualified Teachers in Primary EducationUIS · Primary teachers with the minimum qualifications their country requires (%)bottom 1%02024
- Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)88th of 109position · derived78.532024
Health & Wellbeing7
- Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19165th of 222position · derived · 1 = worst8.82023
- Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates198th of 222position · derived · 1 = worst50.52023
- Days Above 35°CECMWF · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s landtop 16%02025
- Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023)top 1%-243.22026
- Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates5th of 222position · derived22.262023
- Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates14th of 222position · derived83.552023
- PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³)152nd of 220position · derived · 1 = worst10.82023
Development & Human Capital2
- Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)top 28%1002024
- Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · Rural population with electricity access (%)top 29%1002024
Environment & Sustainability7
- Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight)bottom 2%25.522024
- Forest AreaFAO · Forest area (% of land area)210th of 210position · derived02023
- Methane EmissionsEDGAR · Methane emissions (gigagrams of CH₄)bottom 5%0.5622025
- Municipal Solid Waste GenerationWorld Bank Group · Municipal solid waste generated (kg per person per day)72nd of 201position · derived · 1 = worst1.2322026
- Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · Population living below 5 m elevation (% of total population)top 2%56.412015
- Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts)bottom 1%02024
- Tree Cover LossWorld Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland) · Tree cover loss (hectares, where canopy cover exceeded 30% in 2000)bottom 6%02025
Gender & Equality2
- Mean Age at First Marriage, WomenUN DESA Population Division · Singulate mean age at marriage, women (years)top 23%29.12019
- Sex Ratio at BirthUN DESA Population Division · Male births per 100 female birthstop 19%106.52023
Mobility & Trade5
- Container Import Dwell TimeWorld Bank Group · Median days a full import container waits in port156th of 156position · derived · 1 = worst12024
- EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people)bottom 2%4742024
- International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people)bottom 12%11,2912024
- Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · Net migrants per 1,000 populationtop 3%17.912023
Energy2
- Crude Oil ProductionEIA · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day)bottom 26%02025
- Natural Gas ProductionEIA · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres)bottom 27%02024
Digital & Technology3
- GitHub DevelopersGitHub · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end)bottom 15%3,0072026
- GitHub Git PushesGitHub · Git pushes during the quarterbottom 2%3,2572025
- GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end)bottom 16%4,5792026
People & Population13
- Crude Birth RateUN DESA Population Division · Births per 1,000 populationbottom 42%12.072023
- Crude Death RateUN DESA Population Division · Deaths per 1,000 populationbottom 34%6.512023
- Mean Age at ChildbearingUN DESA Population Division · Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children (years)top 24%30.42023
- Median Age of the PopulationUN DESA Population Division · Median age (years)top 26%38.882023
- Population Aged 65 and OverUN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)top 21%17.472023
- Population DensityUN DESA Population Division · People per square kilometre of landtop 2%3,8472023
- Population Growth RateUN DESA Population Division · Population growth (% per year)top 14%2.3322023
- Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation)UN DESA Population Division · Share of the population living in cities as the Degree of Urbanisation defines them (%)top 1%1002025
- Population Under Age 15UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)bottom 31%17.792023
- Sex Ratio of the Total PopulationUN DESA Population Division · Males per 100 femalestop 43%99.072023
- Total Dependency RatioUN DESA Population Division · People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64bottom 48%54.472023
- Total Fertility RateUN DESA Population Division · Live births per womanbottom 48%1.8882023
06Method
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: 15 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