Social Development in Gabon

131 indicators covering social development for Gabon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 401 2025 up 79.0% 133rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 up 40.9% 124th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 20.2% 126th
Political Rights Score 5 2025 down 44.4% 155th
Freedom Score 25 2025 down 26.5% 149th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 86 2025 down 95.6% 139th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 down 96.5% 126th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 97.0% 125th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -55.89 % change on previous year 2025 down 160.0% 169th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 13 2018 up 116.7% 113th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 4.88 % change on previous year 2025 up 58.5% 64th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.734 2025 down 10.5% 62nd
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.787 2025 down 16.3% 89th
Political Corruption Index 0.72 2025 down 7.1% 52nd
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.72 2025 down 7.1% 52nd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.27 2024 up 2.5% 2nd
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0032 units per square kilometre 2023 up 701.9% 155th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 down 96.5% 144th
LGBT+ Rights Index 0.0719 2019 unchanged 123rd
Forcibly displaced people 252 2025 down 91.2% 155th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Corruption Perceptions Index 27 2024 down 27.0% 134th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8 2024 down 9.8% 66th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.98 2024 down 10.8% 56th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.04 2024 down 3.0% 45th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0118 2024 up 37.3% 122nd
Self-reported life satisfaction 5.17 2025 up 25.4% 97th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.17 2025 up 25.4% 97th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 87.7% 2024 up 17.6% 9th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 0.4402 2020 up 4.1% 34th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -2.16 2020 down 7.9% 129th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 187.94 deaths 2021 up 19.3% 112th
Homicide rate 8.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.6% 58th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 7.97 2021 down 10.2% 56th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 199,000 2030 up 21.3% 134th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.41 2030 down 19.1% 78th
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 13.3% 2030 unchanged 104th
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 243,000 2030 up 24.6% 128th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 32.6% 2020 up 3.2% 112th
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 45.6% 2020 up 2.5% 125th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 75.2% 2020 down 1.4% 5th
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 54.4% 2020 down 2.0% 62nd
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 13.0% 2020 up 0.8% 84th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 39.6% 2020 down 4.4% 15th
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 32.49 2020 down 7.2% 44th
Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 14.96 2020 down 7.2% 44th
Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 17.66 2020 down 8.7% 47th
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 4th