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Gabon

Gabonese Republic

French Central African CFA (XAF) French civil law
AU, ECCAS, CEMAC, OPEC, AfCFTA, WTO

Gabon is a high-income African economy (by GDP per capita) driven by oil and gas, manganese mining (world's second-largest producer via COMILOG/Eramet), and forestry. Oil production has declined from peak levels but remains the economic backbone. Following the August 2023 military takeover, the transitional government has pledged democratic elections. Gabon's relatively small population (2.3 million) and significant resource wealth provide high per-capita income by African standards. The Libreville Special Economic Zone targets manufacturing and agro-processing. Challenges include economic diversification, governance reform, and infrastructure development outside Libreville.

Snapshot

Population~2.6 MWorld Bank, 2025
GDP (current USD)$21.4 BWorld Bank, 2025
GDP per Capita$8,263World Bank, 2025
GDP Growth2.47%World Bank, 2025
Inflation (y/y)~1.77%World Bank, 2025
Policy Rate5.00%Central Bank
Unemployment20.15%World Bank, ILO modelled estimate, 2025
Internet Use~68.72%World Bank, 2024
Electrification~92.00%World Bank WDI
CPI Score (Rank)29.0/100 (#136)Transparency Intl
HDI (Rank)0.706 (#112)UNDP HDR

World Bank Indicators Compare with another country

GDP (current USD)$21.4 BWorld Bank, 2025
GDP growth (annual)2.47%World Bank, 2025
GDP per capita (USD)$8,263World Bank, 2025
Population, total2.6 MWorld Bank, 2025
FDI net inflows (USD)$1.1 BWorld Bank, 2024
Inflation (consumer prices)1.77%World Bank, 2025
Unemployment (% labour force)20.15%World Bank, 2025
Internet use (% of people)68.72%World Bank, 2024
Trade (% of GDP)84.89%World Bank, 2025

Climate Readiness Full ranking

71out of 100
Advanced readiness
Climate adaptation readiness for Gabon, from 5 of 5 measured indicators.
Energy access9292.0% · 30% weight
Governance readiness2929 / 100 CPI · 20% weight
Human readiness710.706 HDI · 20% weight
Economic readiness81$8,263, 2025 · 15% weight
Digital readiness7474.0% · 15% weight
This scores climate adaptation readiness (adaptive capacity), following the readiness dimension of the ND-GAIN framework. It is built only from measured values already held on this profile and normalised 0-100. It does not measure emissions or physical climate vulnerability: the platform does not yet hold emissions, hazard-exposure or natural-capital series. Energy access is the single most climate-specific indicator held; the other four are governance, economic, human-development and digital readiness proxies. The economic sub-score is relative to the African countries the platform covers.
How this is computed

Adaptive capacity to absorb climate finance and adapt, following the readiness dimension of the ND-GAIN framework. Built only from measured values already held on each country profile. It is not a measure of emissions or physical climate vulnerability, which the platform does not yet hold.

  • Energy access (30%) — World Bank, access to electricity (% of population). The single most climate and energy specific signal held: SDG 7 and the clean-energy transition.
  • Governance readiness (20%) — Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (0-100). ND-GAIN governance readiness: the capacity to govern and deploy climate finance. Higher is cleaner.
  • Human readiness (20%) — UNDP, Human Development Index (0-1). ND-GAIN social readiness: the adaptive capacity of the population.
  • Economic readiness (15%) — World Bank, GDP per capita (current US$), latest measured year. ND-GAIN economic readiness: the capacity to finance adaptation. Scored relative to the covered set.
  • Digital readiness (15%) — World Bank, individuals using the Internet (% of population). Information systems for early warning and adaptation.

A country is scored only when at least 4 of the five indicators are held. Sub-scores are weighted and renormalised over the indicators that are present; nothing is estimated for one that is absent.

Country Facts

CapitalLibreville
RegionCentral Africa
CurrencyCentral African CFA (XAF)
FX RegimeFixed peg to EUR via CFA franc
Legal SystemFrench civil law
Time ZoneAfrica/Libreville

Focus Sectors

Oil & Gas
Manganese Mining
Forestry (timber)
Agriculture
Telecoms
Construction
Financial Services
Port Services
Eco-Tourism

Regulations & Taxes

Corporate Income Tax30% standard (oil companies: variable)
VAT / Sales Tax18% standard