International Rankings of Gabon 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Gabon, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Gabon, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	146	1.03	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	152	22332	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	108	62.00 %	2018
Internet users - total	132	1.314 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	182	1.02	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	169	22291	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	137.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	140	2.993 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	138	2.914 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	135	2.634 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	48	1.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	125	725.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	128	6.490 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	141	33	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	135	45	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	56	87	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	136	44	2020
Exports	97	10.800 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	125	16.064 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	66	46.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	92	14.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	172	37.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	33	26.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	29	29.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	61	0.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	107	5.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	18	44.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	136	50.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	59	38 %	2017
Gross national saving	55	26	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	42	32.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	26	2.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	136	5.020 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	69	1.80 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	62	2.40 %	2019
Labor force	152	557800 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	25	64 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	102	12 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	146	24 %	2005
Population below poverty line	51	33 %	2017
Public debt	60	62.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	137	32.480 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	119	0.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	107	14950 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	132	981.600 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	130	17.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	14	28.00 %	2015
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	135	4.293 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	31	214200	2017
Crude oil - production	36	196000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	32	2.000 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	142	2.071 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47	51	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	29	49	2017
Electricity - imports	84	344.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	136	671000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	134	2.244 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	94	401.000 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	71	401.000 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	66	28.320 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	115	24000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	91	4662 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	143	10680 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	91	16580 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	122	5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	153	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	33	39 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	144	19	2018
Land use - arable land	146	1	2018
Land use - forest	5	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	88	17	2018
Revenue from forest resources	24	3 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	48	166.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	40.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	142	14.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	138	84.700 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	61	2.27	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	18	90	2021
Geography
Area - land	78	257667 sq km	N/A
Area - total	78	267667 sq km	N/A
Area - water	46	10000 sq km	N/A
Coastline	87	885 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	107	1575 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	92	377 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	135	40 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	61	3261 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	144	19	2018
Land use - arable land	146	1	2018
Land use - forest	5	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	88	17	2018
Total renewable water resources	48	166.000 billion	2017
Population Density	208	8.87 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	43	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	1	21.90	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	180	32.48	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	160	5.19	N/A
Birth rate	42	26.14 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	96	31.10 %	2012
Current Health Expenditure	81	3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	147	5.76 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	112	6.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	37	16.80 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	45	68.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	44	62.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	27	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	30	32 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	64	6 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	50	3 % of GDP	2014
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	15	3.00	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	40	1100	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	49	46000	2020
Hospital bed density	14	6.30 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	56	26.23 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	58	32.58 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	58	29.45 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	149	71 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	145	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	148	69 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	37	252.00	2017
Median age - female	139	21 years	2020
Median age - male	123	21 years	N/A
Median age - total	127	21 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	74	20	2012
Net migration rate	29	3.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	92	15.00 %	2016
Physicians density	116	0.68 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	143	2.285 million	2021
Population growth rate	23	2.41 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	82	78 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	44	48 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	46	25 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	24	22 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.09	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	11	1.15	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	18	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	11	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	38	3.36 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	18	42	2010
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	19	31	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	16	36	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	61	2.27	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	18	90	2021
Transportation
Airports	82	44	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	35	9	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	64	14	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	23	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	49	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	67	30	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	54	14	2013
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	94	649 km	2014
Roadways - paved	124	900 km	2001
Roadways - total	101	14300 km	2001
Waterways	46	1600 km	310

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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