Health in Gabon

310 indicators covering health for Gabon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Treatment for hypertension 29.0% 2019 up 36.8% 138th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 440 2024 down 2.0% 109th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 122 2024 down 7.6% 83rd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 149 2024 up 0.7% 90th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 97 2024 down 2.0% 97th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 125 2024 up 10.6% 99th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 175 2024 down 7.9% 106th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 265 2024 up 2.3% 108th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 78 2024 down 14.3% 111th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 140 2024 down 4.1% 113th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 94 2024 down 9.6% 114th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 148 2024 down 5.1% 127th
Prevalence of HIV, total 2.8% 2024 down 30.0% 14th
Number of people who are undernourished 600,000 2023 up 200.0% 73rd
External health expenditure channeled through government 81.1% 2023 up 148.2% 32nd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 15.8% 2021 down 14.1% 93rd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 20.4% 2021 down 24.4% 98th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 18.1% 2021 down 20.3% 99th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.64 per 100,000 population 2021 down 28.1% 78th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.49 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.6% 68th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.78 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.0% 86th
Suicide mortality rate, female 2.41 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.8% 129th
Suicide mortality rate, male 12.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.9% 81st
Suicide mortality rate 7.3 per 100,000 population 2021 down 20.5% 94th
Nurses and midwives 2.37 per 1,000 people 2022 down 2.6% 121st
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 3.28 2020 down 11.6% 49th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 8.14 2020 down 8.6% 44th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 12.73 2020 down 8.7% 46th
Low-birthweight babies 14.6% 2020 down 2.8% 35th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 15.8% 2022 down 11.7% 61st
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 21.1% 2022 up 10.5% 65th
Prevalence of anemia among children 57.9% 2019 down 9.1% 28th
Adults (ages 15+) living with HIV 50,000 2024 up 2.0% 58th
Prevalence of current tobacco use 13.3% 2024 unchanged 109th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 3.3% 2024 down 13.2% 104th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 23.2% 2024 up 1.3% 103rd
Physicians 0.521 per 1,000 people 2022 up 438.2% 141st
Life satisfaction vs. child mortality 5.17 2025 up 25.4% 97th
Adults (ages 15+) and children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 1,700 2024 down 37.0% 61st
AIDS estimated deaths 1,700 UNAIDS estimates 2024 down 5.6% 44th
Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 672.98 current international $ 2023 up 63.4% 120th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 116.23 current international $ 2023 down 1.3% 137th
Domestic general government health expenditure 2.1% 2023 up 12.9% 135th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 200.99 current international $ 2023 up 37.6% 128th
Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 17.3% 2023 down 39.6% 135th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 166.17 current US$ 2023 down 0.9% 109th
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 65.7% 2023 up 2.4% 69th
Adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV 1,200 2024 down 36.8% 64th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 48.2% 2024 up 0.9% 76th
Number of stillbirths 901 2023 up 1.1% 99th
Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV 500 2024 down 30.6% 55th
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 3.1% 2023 up 10.3% 177th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rur 31.6% 2024 unchanged 72nd
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urb 49.7% 2024 unchanged 77th
Capital health expenditure 0.2% 2019 down 80.2% 79th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 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
Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT 72.0% 2024 up 63.6% 49th