Health in Gabon

1,468 indicators covering health for Gabon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.0% 2017 down 60.8% 37th
Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 84.5% 2024 up 26.3% 57th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 39.5% 2017 up 11.5% 74th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 49.1% 2017 up 20.8% 74th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 51.2% 2017 up 25.0% 77th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 60.8% 2017 up 20.5% 72nd
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 80.3% 2017 up 16.5% 64th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 72.6% 2017 up 7.9% 79th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 90.3% 2017 up 0.7% 67th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 96.2% 2017 up 1.0% 56th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 95.8% 2017 down 0.2% 68th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 95.4% 2017 down 0.8% 84th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 17.7% 2017 down 14.5% 58th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 14.3% 2017 down 12.4% 73rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 24.2% 2017 down 13.1% 64th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 27.5% 2017 down 11.8% 68th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 48.4% 2017 down 5.4% 67th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 12.4% 2017 down 13.2% 87th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 17.2% 2017 down 13.8% 88th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 29.4% 2017 down 9.1% 82nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 54.5% 2017 down 8.1% 73rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 88.1% 2017 down 0.3% 58th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 9.0% 2017 up 48.8% 61st
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 5.8% 2017 down 13.9% 55th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 4.9% 2017 up 18.5% 52nd
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 3.4% 2017 up 9.3% 47th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 1.5% 2017 down 9.0% 39th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 4.7% 2017 up 12.4% 44th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 1.3% 2017 down 26.7% 32nd
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 1.9% 2017 up 25.2% 21st
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 2.0% 2017 up 70.2% 8th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 0.0% 2017 42nd
Prevalence of syphilis 2.0% 2022 down 9.2% 22nd
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 1.13 2009 down 99.9% 161st
Population 0-24 56.1% 2011 down 6.6% 43rd
Tuberculosis prevalence rate 505 per 1000,000 population, WHO 2011 down 32.2% 11th
New cases: other 0 2012 down 100.0% 33rd
Number of malaria cases treated with any first  line tx courses 153,993 2024 down 26.3% 37th
Prevalence of undernourishment 0 population 2011 40th
Incidence of tuberculosis, high uncertainty bound 536 per 100,000 people 2011 down 19.2% 9th
Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound 372 per 100,000 people 2011 down 19.0% 11th
Tuberculosis prevalence rate, high uncertainty bound 831 per 1000,000 population, WHO 2011 down 33.8% 12th
Tuberculosis prevalence rate, low uncertainty bound 259 per 1000,000 population, WHO 2011 down 29.2% 9th
Reported clinical malaria cases 8,566 total 2010 down 93.3% 35th
Number of malaria cases treated with artemisinin-based combination 113,634 2024 down 45.6% 36th
Private prepaid plans 0.0% 2010 42nd
Health expenditure, private 46.5% 2011 down 19.7% 29th
Reported number of individuals treated for onchocerciasis 0 2024 31st
Health expenditure 549.72 million current US$ 2011 up 308.1% 29th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 6 constant 2022 US$ 2024 up 20.0% 58th
HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 79.0% 2014 down 21.0% 53rd
Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 233 2022 up 223.6% 34th
Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians 253 2022 down 11.8% 33rd
Social Security expenditure on health 24.9% 2011 up 398.0% 5th
People living with HIV/AIDS, total 55,000 high estimate 2009 up 37.5% 33rd
People living with HIV/AIDS, total 37,000 low estimate 2009 up 54.2% 33rd
People living with HIV/AIDS, total 46,000 2009 up 48.4% 32nd
Population with access to an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) for 11.6% 2024 down 42.2% 39th
AIDS deaths in adults and children 3,400 high estimate 2009 up 61.9% 34th
AIDS deaths in adults and children 1,600 low estimate 2009 up 45.5% 33rd