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Gabon — statistics

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310 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Middle Africa Income group: Upper middle income ISO: GAB
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 2.59M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 68.5 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.59 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 27.1 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.2 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.11 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 92.1 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 2.39M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 7.9 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 9.6 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 4.1 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 36.2 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 67.7 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 1,116 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.28 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.32M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.28M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 939,824 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 1.55M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 107,099 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 66.06 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 71.24 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 89.5 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 24.8 2021 UN DESA
Rural population people 205,177 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 371 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 2.8 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 52,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.98 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 1,700 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 9,400 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 1,000 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 439 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 20.05 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 18.1 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 25.9 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 32.6 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 233 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 7.3 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 37.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 54.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 6.4 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 23.9 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 293 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 78.3 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 17.5 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.64 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 56.3 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 244.1 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 155.3 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 21.43B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 8,263 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 2.47 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 57.62B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 22,218 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 8,090 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 1.77 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % -3.96 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 47.2 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 19.1 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 6.8 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 42.3 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 37.9 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 11.2 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 24.8 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 28.9 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 2.9 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 29,291 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 2.3 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 17.22B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 6,641 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 0.33 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.027 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 20.89B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 10.11B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 4.09B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 1.45B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 9.07B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 8.12B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 2.39B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 5.32B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 38.4 2015 World Bank
Consumer price index index 139.73 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 2.3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 11,027 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 56.18B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 216.42 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 121.1 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 9.49 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 15.11 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 14.05 2021 World Bank
Budget balance % -11.8 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 6.82B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 1.14B 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ -33.78M 2019 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 5.48 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 1.57 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 2,373 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 47,737 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,587 2024 FAO
Food production index index 105.8 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 104.1 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 8.36 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 1.26 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1308 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 50.3 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 21,532 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 325,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 30,075 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 106.2 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 91.18 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 234,950 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 24.4 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 0.08 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 31.3 2023 WHO
Land area km² 257,670 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 267,670 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 164 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 67,469 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 38.8 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 9.53 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 91.3 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.059 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 23.1 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.484 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0.48 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 239.3 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 77,320 2016 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 2,305 2016 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2013 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 180,878 2024 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 648 2021 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 87 2020 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 409 2020 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.4 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 68.72 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 125.3 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 4.69 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 2.64 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 87 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 0.77 2015 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 2.13M 2015 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 3.18M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 119,181 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 226 2024 UNODC
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.733 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.994 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.505 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 27 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.46 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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