International Rankings of Gabon 2023, 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	52	2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	144	44607	2020
Internet users - percent of population	44	72 %	2021
Internet users - total	140	1.656 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	160	31708	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	134	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	139	3.145 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	137	2.937 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	129	3.296 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	48	1.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	127	725.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	127	6.490 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	103	10.800 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	126	16.064 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	68	46.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	92	14.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	174	37.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	33	26.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	29	29 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	62	0.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	107	5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	18	44.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	143	50.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	58	38 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	43	32.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	26	2.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	143	5.020 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	115	3.2 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	160	1.18 %	2020
Labor force	153	718400 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	25	64 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	106	12 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	151	24 %	2005
Population below poverty line	52	33.4 %	2017
Public debt	70	62.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	137	32.340 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	158	1.46 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	107	13800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	140	1.372 billion US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	169	11.48 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	14	22.26 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	20	44.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	20	33.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	17	38.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	103	626000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	152	2.025 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	137	3.134 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	86	511.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	138	784000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	132	389.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	109	40.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	37	59 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	127	26.786 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	103	319.102 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	74	319.102 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	66	25.995 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	30	178400 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	35	2.000 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	148	14400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	37	175000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	93	4662 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	147	10680 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	93	16580 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	123	5.32 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	155	1.13 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	34	38.51 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	148	19	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	5	81	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	17.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	26	2.6 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	51	166.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	125	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	105	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.27	2025
Urbanization - urban population	17	91	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	79	257667 sq km	0
Area - total	80	267667 sq km	0
Area - water	64	1.000 million sq km	0
Coastline	89	885 km	0
Elevation - highest point	134	1050 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	93	377 meters	0
Irrigated land	142	40 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	62	3261 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	148	19	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	5	81	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	17.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	40	1.3 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	6	5.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	59	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	103	0.5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	59	6.47 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	59	0.62 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	42	25.89 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	63	6.4 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	94	31.1 %	2012
Current health expenditure	81	3.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	125	49.7 %	2023
Death rate	155	5.59 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	131	6.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	39	15.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	51	67.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	46	61 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	25	97.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	9	44.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	55	6.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	40	2.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	54	3.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	35	1.61 %	2023
Hospital bed density	15	6.3 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	57	24.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	57	30.61 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	57	27.7 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	157	71.81 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	154	68.3 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	155	70.03 years	0
Literacy - female	69	84.7 %	2021
Literacy - male	58	86.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	63	85.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	39	227 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	143	20.6 years	2020
Median age - male	128	21.4 years	0
Median age - total	132	21 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	77	19.6	2012
Net migration rate	32	3.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	93	15 %	2016
Physicians density	124	0.65 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	147	2.397 million	2023
Population growth rate	26	2.39 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	70	81.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	46	44.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	53	21.3 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	25	18.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	12	1.11 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	42	3.26 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.27	2025
Urbanization - urban population	17	91	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	20	44.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	20	33.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	17	38.4	0
Transportation
Airports	83	44	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	69	301000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	100	71	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	128	900 km	2001
Roadways - total	110	14300 km	2001
Waterways	50	1600 km	2010

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.