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IndicatorGABGabonSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #62
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile28.9rank #157
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.23rank #103
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #96
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.75rank #65
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile40.3rank #141
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #62
Military spending% GDP1.5%rank #79
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.24rank #94
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile61.2rank #128
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile43.5rank #151
Rule of Law0-100 percentile37.1rank #175
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #91
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.3rank #101
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.18rank #106
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile39rank #155
Women in parliament% seats21.6%rank #107
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #62
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment28.9%rank #61
Agriculture value added% GDP6.8%rank #78
Annual working hours per workerhours2,174.2rank #35
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker184,498.4rank #74
Current account balance% GDP0.98%rank #51
Employment-to-population ratio%40.3%rank #162
External debt stocks% GNI36%rank #39
FDI net inflows% GDP5.5%rank #46
GDPcurrent US$21.43Brank #129
GDP growth%2.5%rank #121
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$8,263rank #90
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $18,986.5rank #88
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $18,854.1rank #83
Government expenditure% GDP14.1%rank #110
Gross capital formation% GDP24.8%rank #49
Gross savings% GDP38.4%rank #13
High-technology exports% manuf. exports1.8%rank #128
Human capital indexindex2.9rank #65
Industry value added% GDP47.2%rank #7
Inflation%1.8%rank #51
Labour force participation rate%50.5%rank #156
Personal remittances received% GDP0.13%rank #167
R&D expenditure% GDP0.58%rank #46
Tax revenue% GDP9.5%rank #113
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.59rank #73
Trade openness% GDP84.9%rank #64
Unemployment% labor force20.2%rank #177
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%20.1%rank #177
Vulnerable employment% employment29.8%rank #93
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2436.3%rank #169
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2435.8%rank #169
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop88.6%rank #120
Basic sanitation access% pop57.4%rank #139
Child mortalityper 1003.3rank #104
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,686.5rank #128
DTP3 immunization coverage%61%rank #38
Health spending% GDP3.1%rank #174
Infant mortalityper 1k births25.9rank #99
Life expectancyyears68.5rank #165
Maternal mortalityper 100k233rank #86
Measles immunization% children57%rank #38
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%57%rank #38
Physiciansper 1k0.52rank #81
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m331.3rank #157
Road traffic deathsper 100k23.9rank #98
Smoking prevalence% adults13.3%rank #41
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7.3rank #87
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k371rank #135
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births32.6rank #141
Undernourishment% pop25.3%rank #70
Education
Adult literacy%88.9%rank #24
Education spending% GDP2.3%rank #100
Expected years of schoolingyears12.5rank #128
Mean years of schoolingyears9.7rank #98
Primary completion rate% relevant age67.7%rank #96
Primary enrollment% gross100.2%rank #83
Secondary enrollment% gross70.3%rank #118
Tertiary enrollment% gross7.7%rank #96
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00027.1rank #42
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.6rank #40
Median age of populationyears21.5rank #164
Net migration rateper 1,0000.4rank #85
Populationpeople2.59Mrank #142
Population growth%2.1%rank #42
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years72.5rank #167
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands4,084.5rank #135
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age68.6rank #50
Urban population%92.1%rank #17
Climate
CO₂ emissionst5.4Mrank #134
CO₂ per capitat2.1rank #123
Electricity access% pop95.1%rank #23
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation35%rank #54
Electricity from solar% generation0%rank #162
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,023.4rank #106
Forest area% land91.2%rank #3
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita8.3rank #143
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh523.1rank #112
Renewable electricity%35.4%rank #78
Renewable energy share%91.3%rank #4
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e20.5rank #71
Society
Asylum seekerspeople402rank #50
Extreme poverty% pop3.8%rank #24
Female labor participation%41.6%rank #144
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1004.7rank #112
Gender Development Indexratio0.99rank #30
Gender Inequality Index0-10.51rank #119
Gini indexindex38rank #49
Human Development Index0-10.73rank #86
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.56rank #85
Internet users% pop68.7%rank #119
Life satisfaction0-105.2rank #93
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.7rank #47
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #110
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #86
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #112
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.28rank #127
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people166rank #142
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people984rank #73
Youth NEET rate%29.9%rank #151
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.8rank #23
Human hazard & exposure0-102.3rank #22
INFORM risk score0-103.7rank #26
Lack of coping capacity0-106rank #50
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-104.7rank #43
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107rank #49
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.2rank #19
Socio-economic vulnerability0-103.7rank #38
Vulnerability0-103.1rank #20
Vulnerable groups0-102.4rank #19
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