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Key facts

  • Currency: Central African CFA franc
  • Capital city: Libreville
  • Region: Middle Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 257,670 km²
  • Population: 2,388,992
  • Political Leader: Ali Bongo Ondimba (President)

Latest news

Gabon elections: Junta plans post-Bongo polls for 2025

Read: BBC

2023-11-13

Gabon junta promises free elections in August 2025

Read: France 24

2023-11-13

Once Deemed ‘Worthless,’ a $4.4 Million African Mask Is Now at the Center of a Restitution Claim by Gabon

Read: Art Net

2023-11-02

An Elderly Couple, A Bric-A-Brac Dealer, And Gabonese In France Are Fighting Over A Rare Mask

Read: Arts Journal

2023-11-02

US officially concludes Gabon had a coup, ends assistance

Read: France 24

2023-10-24

Gabon coup: Wife of deposed President Ali Bongo detained

Read: BBC

2023-10-12

Wife of Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo jailed

Read: France 24

2023-10-12

Metrics

Business

Expense 13.54 % of GDP
GDP 21,071,700,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.23 annual %
Self-employed 33.73 % of total employment
Tax revenue 11.48 % of GDP
Unemployment 20.61 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 31.31 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 21,532.40 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 1.21 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 5,349.20 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 46.05 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 43.18 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 10.21 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.56 % of total
Net energy imports -213.40 % of energy use
Fertility rate 3.49 births per woman
Forest area 235,187 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 22.79 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,095.79 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 17.70 years
Methane emissions 7,451.56 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 523.12 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 1,173,488
Male Population 1,215,505
Renewable energy consumption 90.12 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 263,338.00 km²
Rural population 221,340
Urban land area 311.60 km²
Urban population 2,167,652
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 7.88 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 27.14 per 1,000 people
Death rate 7.26 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 228.98 current US$
Health expenditure 3.43 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.80 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 6.30 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 66 years
Suicide mortality rate 8.40 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 91.81 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 71.75 % of population
Net migration 1,000
Press freedom 2.20


Politics

Armed forces personnel 7,000
Democracy score 3.61
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.26 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 15.38 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 22 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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