Debt - external:

$628.8 million (2003 est.) country comparison to the world: 161

Exchange rates:

dalasis (GMD) per US dollar - 22.75 (2008 est.), 27.79 (2007), 28.066 (2006), 28.575 (2005), 30.03 (2004)

Communications ::Gambia, The

Telephones - main lines in use:

48,900 (2008) country comparison to the world: 164

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.166 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 138

Telephone system: