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Gabon — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Gabon, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
51.06%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +5.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Gabon was 51.06% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 51.58% in 2022. The lowest was 47.88% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.15% per year.
Gabon ranks 159 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Gabon sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
51.06%
First (1990)
48.52%
Change
+5.2%
Highest
51.58%
in 2022
Lowest
47.88%
in 2020
Average
49.20%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.15%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.06% |
| 2024 | 51.32% |
| 2023 | 51.5% |
| 2022 | 51.58% |
| 2021 | 48.52% |
| 2020 | 47.88% |
| 2019 | 51.42% |
| 2018 | 51.28% |
| 2017 | 51.04% |
| 2016 | 50.76% |
| 2015 | 50.48% |
| 2014 | 50.2% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.