Health in Gabon 310 indicators covering health for Gabon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 75-79, male 8,430 2025 up 24.9% 150th Population ages 80 and above, female 9,651 2025 up 16.2% 152nd Population ages 80 and above, male 7,084 2025 up 16.0% 148th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 5.7% 2024 up 1.8% 75th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 6.5% 2024 up 1.6% 75th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 6.1% 2024 up 1.7% 75th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 12.1% 2024 down 16.6% 77th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 15.3% 2024 down 15.5% 72nd Prevalence of stunting, height for age 13.7% 2024 down 16.0% 74th Hospital beds 1.95 per 1,000 people 2011 — 98th Tuberculosis death rate 41 per 100,000 people 2024 down 30.5% 15th Incidence of tuberculosis 371 per 100,000 people 2024 down 24.4% 17th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 92.4% 2024 up 0.9% 141st People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 60.5% 2024 up 26.1% 144th People practicing open defecation, urban 1.2% 2024 down 18.8% 41st People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 49.1% 2024 up 5.1% 161st People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 24.6% 2024 up 32.3% 144th People using at least basic drinking water services 88.6% 2024 up 3.1% 159th People practicing open defecation, rural 2.6% 2024 down 21.6% 68th People using at least basic sanitation services 57.4% 2024 up 29.3% 172nd Tuberculosis case detection rate 68.0% 2024 up 17.2% 150th People practicing open defecation 1.3% 2024 down 22.5% 75th Current health expenditure 3.1% 2023 up 10.3% 175th Current health expenditure per capita 252.98 current US$ 2023 down 3.2% 121st Out-of-pocket expenditure 17.3% 2023 down 39.6% 135th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 43.69 current US$ 2023 down 41.5% 130th Domestic general government health expenditure 65.7% 2023 up 2.4% 69th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 442.05 current international $ 2023 up 67.3% 107th Domestic private health expenditure 29.9% 2023 down 15.8% 123rd Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 672.98 current international $ 2023 up 63.4% 120th Domestic private health expenditure per capita 75.55 current US$ 2023 down 18.5% 124th Immunization, Hib3 61.0% 2024 down 12.9% 181st Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 3.26 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.7% 56th Reported cases of measles 32 Cases 2024 down 3.0% 100th Child mortality by income level of country 3.26 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.7% 56th Number of infant deaths 1,777 2024 down 16.3% 92nd Number of under-five deaths 2,235 2024 down 19.3% 91st Number of neonatal deaths 1,125 2024 down 16.2% 95th Child mortality vs. health spending 3.26 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.7% 56th Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 57.0% 2024 down 6.6% 182nd Adolescent fertility rate 89.47 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 14.4% 24th Sex ratio at birth 1.02 male births per female births 2024 unchanged 210th Domestic general government health expenditure 9.6% 2023 up 82.4% 101st External health expenditure 4.4% 2023 up 1,104.6% 76th External health expenditure per capita 11.26 current US$ 2023 up 1,066.3% 63rd External health expenditure per capita, PPP 29.95 current international $ 2023 up 1,868.3% 63rd Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 59.9% 2023 up 0.3% 1st Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 60.3% 2023 up 0.2% 1st Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 54.8% 2023 up 0.2% 5th Stillbirth rate 12.9 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 10.4% 56th Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 33,000 2024 up 17.9% 43rd Life expectancy vs. health spending 68.34 years 2023 up 3.9% 183rd Prevalence of undernourishment 25.3% 2023 up 93.1% 15th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 64.0% 2024 up 60.0% 97th Tuberculosis treatment success rate 71.0% 2023 up 29.1% 155th Prevalence of hypertension, female 38.7% 2019 up 1.8% 94th Prevalence of hypertension, male 36.0% 2019 down 5.0% 108th Prevalence of hypertension 37.4% 2019 down 1.8% 104th Treatment for hypertension, female 35.2% 2019 up 28.9% 136th Treatment for hypertension, male 22.7% 2019 up 51.3% 144th ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →