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🇬🇦 Gabon
Gabonese Republic
GAB GA Fr Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Every statistic we track for Gabon — 103 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$25,847
59.1 yrs
5.17
0.18
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 68.2% | #79/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 68.2% | #78/139 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -4.3% | #131/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 8.5% | #126/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 66.5% | #27/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 606.4 | #31/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #111/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -10% | #177/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 23.4 | #127/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 60.9 | #128/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 9,918 | #94/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 15,721 | #72/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 25,847 | #85/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 4.4% | #29/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 86.1% | #30/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 18,150 | #51/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 18,150 | #51/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 2.5% | #139/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 33.3 | #57/130 | 2023 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 49.9% | #58/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 61.6% | #7/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 2.7% | #103/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #121/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 36,035,291,983 | #123/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 3.6 | #40/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 21.6 | #183/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 1.6 | #151/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 2.4 | #137/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 10.3 | #217/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 984 | #105/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 91.9% | #26/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 94.1% | #156/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 68.7% | #121/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 123.2 | #73/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 53.4% | #23/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 21.3% | #107/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 8 | #66/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 3.3 | #56/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 2.9% | #177/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 37.4% | #106/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 26.5 | #54/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 59.1 | #170/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 67.8 | #138/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 10.5 | #67/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 13.3% | #113/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 25.3% | #14/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 48 | #164/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 2.3% | #92/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 10.2 | #64/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 2.1 | #113/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 2,042 | #57/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 35.4% | #85/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 70.6 | #43/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 4 | #98/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 12.5 | #94/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 80.5% | #108/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 45.6% | #73/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 1.5 | #85/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 46.7% | #20/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 11.9% | #33/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 3.7 | #96/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 47.5 | #102/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 6.2 | #75/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 83.1% | #21/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5.2 | #96/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.8 | #101/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.6 | #71/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0 | #132/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.5 | #107/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #97/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1 | #110/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.7 | #109/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 16.3% | #29/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 79.1% | #94/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 62.7% | #121/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in parliament | 3.9 | #110/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 56.2% | #126/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 38.8% | #138/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.5 | #106/153 | 2017 |
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