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Society profile

Gabon

Gabon: 42 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 2.6 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 36.2%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 59.6%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 4.1%World Bank2025 Female share of population 49.3%World Bank2025 Urban population 92.1%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.6World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 89.5World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 68.5yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 25.9‰World Bank2024 Net migration 1 116World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 88.9%World Bank2021 Secondary school enrolment 70.3%World Bank2019 Tertiary enrolment 7.7%World Bank2003 Education spending 2.3%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $22 218$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $21 660$World Bank2025 Gini index 38.0World Bank2017 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 3.8%World Bank2017 Income share held by richest 10% 27.7%World Bank2017

Health

Suicide rate 7.3per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 3.1%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 68.7%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 125.3per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 95.1%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 2.0tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey63.9%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey26.2%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey21.2%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey24.7%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey30.1%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 21.6%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey71.2%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey7.2%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey15.9%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 20.2%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 36.3%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 41.6%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 60.1%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 32.4%World Bank2025

Safety

Feels safe walking alone at night survey35.9%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey18.5%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.