Data and Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Gabon: Quick Facts
For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Gabon Country Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage time series data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data

• Millennium Development Goals for Gabon:Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
• Gabon Data Profile
• Gabon-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic

• Doing Business in Gabon: Summaries of the cost of doing business in Gabon, based on an assessment of regulations or practices that enhance or constrain business investment, productivity, and growth.
• Information/Communications/Telecommunications  (PDF):  ICT infrastructure and access, computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business and government environment.
• Gender Statistics: Country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics.
• Health Nutrition Population Statistics: Shows summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance.
• Education Statistics: A variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.

Debt

• World Bank Debt Service : US Energy Infodebt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.
• National External Debt : Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank). 

Poverty Data

• Africa Development Indicators : Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
• World Development Indicators 2004 : Information and selected samples from the WDI 2004 publication World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
• Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Gabon
Note: the World Bank is not responsible for the content on the following external websites.

African Development Bank

• Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• World Economic Outlook Databases 
• Databases to the  World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Gabon.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

• Gabon's ranking in the Human Development Report  as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Selected Health Indicators
• UNAIDS/WHO
  • Epidemological Factsheets on Gabon : HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.