Gabon
Gabon in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Gabon recorded GDP per capita: 8,263 (2025), ranking 111 of 212 worldwide; Population: 2.59 million (2025), ranking 142 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 68.5 (2024), ranking 165 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 1.77% (2025), ranking 134 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+15046%) and GDP growth the largest decrease (-83%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 2.59 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 21,427,119,323.28 | 2025 | +15046.2% |
| GDP per capita | 8,263.03 | 2025 | +2892.4% |
| GDP growth | 2.47% | 2025 | -83.3% |
| Population | 2,593,130 | 2025 | +406.2% |
| Population growth | 2.11% | 2025 | +82.9% |
| Urban population | 92.09% | 2025 | +630.9% |
| Inflation | 1.77% | 2025 | -75.3% |
| Life expectancy | 68.51 | 2024 | +47.5% |
| Infant mortality | 25.9 | 2024 | -77.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.05 | 2024 | +102.1% |
| GDP (PPP) | 57,615,046,774.82 | 2025 | +390.0% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 22,218.34 | 2025 | +85.9% |
| Labor participation | 51.06% | 2025 | +5.2% |
| Unemployment | 20.15% | 2025 | +17.0% |
| Internet users | 68.72% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 95.1% | 2024 | +29.2% |
| Forest area | 91.18% | 2023 | -1.1% |
| Health spending | 3.13% | 2023 | +7.9% |
| Education spending | 2.32% | 2023 | -17.5% |