ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Gabon

Sub-Saharan Africa. Upper middle income. Capital: Libreville. Population 2,593,130 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
18,065 21,749 25,433 1995 2025 18,986
GDP growth (%)
−8.6 −0.9 6.8 1995 2025 2.5
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
−1.7 3.9 9.4 1995 2025 1.8
Life expectancy at birth (years)
61.4 64.9 68.4 1995 2024 68.5

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 18,986 2025 +305 −1,161 99 of 199
GDP growth% 2.5% 2025 +4.3 pp −1.4 pp 131 of 209
GDP per person growth% 0.3% 2025 +4.5 pp −0.4 pp 169 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 8,090 2025 +1,270 +480 101 of 201
Trade% of GDP 84.9% 2025 +14.8 pp +10.9 pp 86 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 1.8% 2025 +1.1 pp +1.5 pp 113 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 1.8% 2025 +0.4 pp +2.1 pp 127 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 20.2% 2025 −1.1 pp +0.2 pp 6 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 2,593,130 2025 +270,591 +552,141 142 of 217
Population growth% annual 2.1% 2025 −0.3 pp −1.0 pp 42 of 217
Urban population% of total 92.1% 2025 +1.7 pp +4.0 pp 28 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 68.5 2024 +1.2 +2.4 165 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 25.9 2024 −4.2 −8.8 55 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 3.1% 2023 +0.4 pp +0.3 pp 175 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Adult literacy rate% of people aged 15+ 88.9% 2021 – – 46 of 86
Government spending on education% of GDP 2.3% 2023 −0.8 pp −0.7 pp 149 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 68.7% 2024 +9.2 pp +30.7 pp 125 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 95.1% 2024 +4.8 pp +8.0 pp 154 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 38.0 2017 * – −4.2 –
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 3.8% 2017 * – −5.4 pp –

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 91.3% 2021 +9.8 pp +11.6 pp 4 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 19,190 −0.4 17,730 3,781 584 −0.6% 39% 45%
GDP growth 2.0% +0.3 3.2% 4.6% 1.8 – – –
GDP per person growth −0.5% +0.5 3.2% 2.5% 1.8 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 7,126 +2.0 7,775 1,355 491 +0.6% 22% 28%
Trade 80.1% +0.5 79.8% 59.9% 9.2 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 1.0% +0.4 2.4% 2.0% 1.9 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 2.3% −0.4 3.3% 3.5% 1.6 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 20.4% −0.6 5.5% 5.4% 0.5 – – –
Population 2,293,197 +1.8 6,549,143 14,957,094 166,815 +2.4% 89% 78%
Population growth 2.5% −1.2 0.5% 2.3% 0.3 – – –
Urban population 90.1% +1.5 65.4% 44.9% 1.3 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 67.0 +2.2 74.5 64.3 0.7 – – –
Infant mortality 30.6 −1.8 11.2 37.2 2.7 – – –
Health spending 2.9% +1.1 6.2% 4.4% 0.3 – – –
Government spending on education 2.9% −1.5 4.1% 3.3% 0.4 – – –
Internet users 56.4% +1.2 82.0% 36.8% 10.3 – – –
Access to electricity 89.9% +1.9 100.0% 57.8% 2.7 – – –
Renewable energy 84.4% +1.2 13.8% 70.6% 5.6 – – –

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