Health in Gabon

1,468 indicators covering health for Gabon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Nursing personnel 4,835 2022 up 5.2% 142nd
Cholera reported deaths 0 reported deaths 2008 46th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 12.1% 2019 up 86.2% 131st
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 26.0% 2019 up 30.7% 145th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 29.0% 2019 up 36.8% 139th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 38.7% 2019 up 26.1% 153rd
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 32.7 2019 down 5.8% 140th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 32.42 2019 down 8.6% 90th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 28.7 2019 down 11.5% 112th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 42.4% 2019 up 30.5% 150th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 37.4 2019 down 1.8% 105th
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 13.2% 2019 up 94.1% 128th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 0.0% 2025 167th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 49.7% 2024 unchanged 77th
Number of new HIV infections 1,500 2025 down 31.8% 62nd
Estimated number of malaria cases 474,789 Cases 2024 up 23.8% 39th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 50 2023 up 22.0% 133rd
Medical doctors 5.21 2022 up 53.2% 139th
Adolescent birth rate 2.78 2019 down 57.1% 21st
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 35,334 2025 up 62.8% 60th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 19.2% 2022 down 7.2% 132nd
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 20.8% 2022 down 7.4% 123rd
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 60 2022 down 26.8% 182nd
Nursing and midwifery personnel 23.7 2022 down 2.6% 120th
Reported cases of paralytic polio from wild vs. vaccine-derived polioviruses 0 cases 2023 24th
Reported cases of paralytic polio from vaccine-derived viruses 0 cases 2023 24th
TB patients with known HIV status 51.0% 2024 up 27.5% 162nd
Dentists 0.18 2022 down 5.3% 145th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 1,200 2025 down 25.0% 49th
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 41 2024 down 30.5% 96th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 20,008 one-year-olds 2023 up 66.6% 79th
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population at risk 187 2024 down 3.5% 27th
Capital health expenditure 0.2% 2019 down 80.2% 79th
Tested TB patients HIV-positive 28.0% 2024 up 7.7% 16th
Adolescent birth rate 2.78 2019 down 57.1% 21st
Number of new leprosy cases 7 2025 down 65.0% 97th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 54.6% 2021 up 2.3% 20th
Cause of death, by injury 6.4% 2021 down 2.4% 100th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 37.6% 2021 down 6.2% 156th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 1.4% 2021 95th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 88.3% 2021 down 2.5% 24th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 87.9% 2021 down 2.2% 23rd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 88.1% 2021 down 2.3% 23rd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 70.0% 2021 down 7.7% 5th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 62.3% 2021 up 4.8% 5th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 65.8% 2021 down 2.2% 4th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 64.2% 2021 down 11.8% 3rd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 51.2% 2021 up 5.8% 10th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 56.3% 2021 down 5.7% 6th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 35.8% 2021 up 28.0% 13th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 46.9% 2021 up 53.7% 7th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 41.8% 2021 up 42.7% 11th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 54.2% 2021 down 5.3% 22nd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 54.9% 2021 up 9.7% 22nd
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, female 3.5% 2021 up 19.7% 157th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, male 3.7% 2021 up 14.9% 161st
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4 3.6% 2021 up 17.0% 160th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, female 14.2% 2021 up 21.0% 172nd
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, male 22.6% 2021 down 11.4% 172nd
Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 18.7% 2021 down 0.8% 178th