Cooling Degree Days in Gambia
Gambia: Cooling Degree Days was 6,596 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Gambia, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Gambia stood at 6,596.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Gambia peaked at 6,667 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,111, in 1965.
That places Gambia 9th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,517 | 5,111 | 5,937 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5,835 | 5,568 | 6,176 | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,007 | 5,673 | 6,293 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,174 | 5,913 | 6,564 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,226 | 6,101 | 6,460 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,403 | 6,209 | 6,645 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,560 | 6,300 | 6,667 | 5 |
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More environment data for Gambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.6737 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5387 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0956 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3024 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Gambia?
- Cooling degree days in Gambia was 6,596 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,667 in 2020.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,111 in 1965.
- How does Gambia rank for cooling degree days?
- Gambia ranks 9th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.