Gabon Gabon

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Gabon, is a country located at Middle Africa, it has an area of 267,670 Km2.

Gabon, with a population of 2,341,179 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 9 people per km2.

It's capital is Libreville and its currency is Central African CFA francs

Gabon is holding the 114 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 11,249 millions of euros (13,314 millions of dollars), ( 65.82% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €4,805 euros per inhabitant$5,687 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Gabon, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.706 points in 2021, leaving it in 112th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Gabon are business, you must know it's in the 169th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Gabon, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Libreville: Monthly Temp.
Libreville: Monthly Rainfall
Gabon Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€20,011M
Annual GDP [+]2022$21,072M
GDP per capita [+]2022€8,547
GDP per capita [+]2022$9,000
Debt (M.€.) [+]202111,249
Debt ($M) [+]202113,314
Debt (%GDP) [+]202165.82%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€4,805
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$5,687
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-317
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-375
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-1.85%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20212,836.3
Expenditure ($M) [+]20213,356.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020427.6
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020488.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202115.12%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017232.6
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017262.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20179.72%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022251.7
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022265.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20228.49%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202116.59%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€1,211
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$1,434
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€187
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$213
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€115
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$129
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€108
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$113
S&P Rating [+]04/01/2016NR
Fitch Rating [+]08/24/2021B-
Corruption Index [+]202229
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019119º
Fragile States Index [+]201872.5
Innovation Ranking [+]2013111º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$240.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017107º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020169º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20191,278
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20191.10
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202110.3%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2009187,332
Exports [+]2021€5,346.0M
Exports [+]2021$6,322.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202131.28%
Imports [+]2021€2,462.2M
Imports [+]2021$2,912.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202114.41%
Trade balance [+]2021€2,883.8M
Trade balance [+]2021$3,410.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202116.87%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20219
Global Peace Ranking [+]202393º
% Immigrant [+]202018.17%
% Emigrant [+]20202.11%
Birth Rate [+]202127.14‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,033.5
Crude death rate [+]20217.26‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.49
% risk of poverty [+]201733.4%
Population [+]20212,341,179
Immigrant stock [+]2020416,651
Emigrant stock [+]202048,392
HDI [+]20210.706
Life expectancy [+]202165.82
Suicides [+]2015189
Suicide rate [+]20159.78
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20212.52
Annual crude oil production [+]2022196
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20212,000.0
Consumption GWh [+]20212,352
Generation GWh [+]20212,286
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024307
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202449,051
Fully vaccinated [+]02/05/2023257,471
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024131.13
Doses administered [+]02/05/2023572,672