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Gabon

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Key facts

  • currency: Central African CFA franc
  • capital city: Libreville
  • region: Middle Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 257,670 km²
  • population: 2,436,566 people
  • political leader: Ali Bongo Ondimba (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Gabon is a country. The capital city is Libreville, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 257,670 km², a population of 2,436,566 people and uses the currency Central African CFA franc. The President is Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Location on a map: [-1°0′S, 11°75′E]

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Environment

Gabon is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Middle Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 21,532.36 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 1.21 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 5.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 93.50 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 46.05 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 43.18 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 10.21 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.56 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -213.40 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 3.46 births per woman
  • Forest area: 235,187 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 22.79 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 18.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 17.80
  • Methane emissions: 11.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 1,197,990 people
  • Male population: 1,238,576 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 91.30 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 263,337.71 km²
  • Rural population: 218,584 people
  • Urban land area: 311.60 km²
  • Urban population: 2,217,982 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 7.88 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Gabon by population

Cities in Gabon

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Distribution of sites in Gabon by inscription year

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Gabon

Relationship between methane emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Gabon

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Gabon

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Gabon

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Gabon

Evolution of historical land area in Gabon

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Evolution of historical methane emissions in Gabon

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Gabon

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Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Gabon

Geographical distribution of sites in Gabon by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Gabon

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Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Gabon

Evolution of historical population in Gabon

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Evolution of historical female population in Gabon

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Gabon

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Evolution of historical rural population in Gabon

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Evolution of historical urban land area in Gabon

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Gabon

Evolution of historical urban population in Gabon

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Gabon

Relationship between population and date in Gabon

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Gabon

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Gabon

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Gabon

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Gabon

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Gabon

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Gabon

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Gabon

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Gabon

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Gabon

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Gabon

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Gabon

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Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Gabon

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Gabon

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Sites in Gabon

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Gabon

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Gabon

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Gabon

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Gabon

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Gabon

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Gabon

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Gabon

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Gabon

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Gabon

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Gabon

Proportion of transboundary sites in Gabon

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Gabon by mean width

Wildfires in Gabon

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Gabon

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 7,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.61
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Individuals using the internet: 73.70 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.26 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 1,000 people
  • Press freedom: 2.20
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.49 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Gabon

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Gabon

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Gabon

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Gabon

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Gabon

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Gabon

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Gabon

Evolution of historical net migration in Gabon

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Gabon

Political parties in Gabon

Distribution of politicians from Gabon by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Gabon

Politicians from Gabon

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Business

  • Expense: 13.51 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 20,516,134,388.66 current US$
  • Inflation: 3.63 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 33.73 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 9.13 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 20.36 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 31.31 % of total employment

Shops in Gabon

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Companies from Gabon

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Distribution of companies founded in Gabon by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Gabon

Evolution of historical central government debt in Gabon

Evolution of historical expense in Gabon

Evolution of historical GDP in Gabon

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Gabon

Evolution of historical inflation in Gabon

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Gabon

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Gabon

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Gabon

Evolution of historical unemployment in Gabon

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Gabon

Exchanges in Gabon

Proportion of shops per country in Gabon

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Health

  • Birth rate: 26.80 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 7.31 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 233.87 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 2.71 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.83 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.96 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 66
  • Suicide mortality rate: 8.40 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Gabon

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate over time in Gabon

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Gabon

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Gabon

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Gabon

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Gabon

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Gabon

Evolution of historical death rate in Gabon

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Gabon

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Gabon

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Gabon

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Gabon

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Gabon

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Gabon

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Gabon

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Gabon

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Gabon

Diseases in Gabon

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Gabon

Proportion of diseases in Gabon by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Gabon by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Gabon

Evolution of historical deaths in Gabon

Relationship between cases and deaths in Gabon

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Gabon by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Gabon

Athletes from Gabon

Proportion of competitions per city in Gabon

Competitions in Gabon

Proportion of competitions per country in Gabon

Distribution of competitions in Gabon by start date

Proportion of medals won by Gabon in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Gabon

Distribution of artists from Gabon by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Gabon

Geographical distribution of museums in Gabon by visitors

Museums in Gabon

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Gabon by total students

Distribution of universities in Gabon per foundation year

Universities in Gabon

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In literature

There are 20 books written about Gabon in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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