International Rankings of Gabon 2024, 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	2.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	144	44607	2020
Internet users - percent of population	44	72.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	140	1.656 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	161	43395	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	134.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	140	3.145 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	137	2.937 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	129	3.296 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	48	1.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	128	725.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	129	6.490 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	28	554.53	N/A
Exports	104	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	46.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	92	14.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	174	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	62	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	143	50.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	58	38 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	43	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	144	5.020 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	115	3.20 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	161	1.18 %	2020
Labor force	153	718400 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	52	33 %	2017
Public debt	73	62.70 % 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	105	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	N/A
Unemployment rate	14	22.26 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	20	44.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	20	33.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	17	38.40 %	2021
Energy
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	152	2.651 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	137	3.134 billion 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 - electrification - rural areas	59	27	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	23	92	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	10	99	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	54	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	109	40.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	37	59.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.10 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	127	26.786 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	103	319.102 million cubic meters	2019
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 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 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	155	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	54	26 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	148	19	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - forest	5	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	17	2018
Revenue from forest resources	26	3 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	17	91	2023
Geography
Area - land	78	257667 sq km	N/A
Area - total	80	267667 sq km	N/A
Area - water	48	10000 sq km	N/A
Coastline	89	885 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	128	1050 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	93	377 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	142	40 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	62	3261 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	148	19	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - forest	5	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	90	17	2018
Population Density	217	9.30 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	36	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	6	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	103	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	59	6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	59	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	43	25.90 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	54	6 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	94	31.10 %	2012
Current health expenditure	81	3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	125	50 %	2023
Death rate	72	5.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	131	6.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	39	15.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	51	67.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	46	61.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	25	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	9	45 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	55	7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	40	3 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	54	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	35	1.61 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	55	24.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	54	30.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	58	27.70 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	107	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	105	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	105	70 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	69	85 %	2021
Literacy - male	58	86 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	63	86 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	39	227.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	143	21 years	N/A
Median age - male	132	22 years	N/A
Median age - total	129	22 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	77	20	2012
Net migration rate	28	3.60 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	93	15.00 %	2016
Physicians density	124	0.65 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	146	2.397 million	2023
Population growth rate	24	2.39 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	70	81 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	46	45 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	53	21 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	25	19 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	12	1.11 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	44	3.26 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	62	2.27	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	17	91	2023
Transportation
Airports	89	40	2024
Merchant marine - total	89	87	2023
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	75	649 km	2014
Roadways - paved	97	900 km	2001
Roadways - total	78	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.

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