Gabon, year by year

Every index this site holds for Gabon, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.621 in 1990 to 0.733 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 68.5 years2024at birthUp 5.5 years from 63 years in 2005
Internet users: 69%2024of people onlineUp 63 points from 5% in 2006
Urban population: 92%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 84% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.592024births per womanDown 0.62 from 4.21 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 91%2021of energy usedUp 6 points from 86% in 2004
Access to electricity: 95%2024of people with electricityUp 14 points from 82% in 2005
Infant mortality: 262024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 18 from 44 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 2.3 t from 4.4 t in 2005
Forest area: 91%2023of land under forestDown 1 point from 92% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.621	60.7	—	—	5.46	78.3	—	59	6.3	92.2	—	—
1991	0.627	60.9	—	70.7	5.37	75.2	—	58	4.9	92.2	—	—
1992	0.628	61.0	—	72.0	5.29	74.8	—	57	4.8	92.2	—	—
1993	0.631	61.1	—	73.0	5.19	73.8	—	57	4.8	92.2	—	—
1994	0.636	61.2	—	74.0	5.04	72.9	—	56	4.6	92.1	—	—
1995	0.640	61.3	—	75.0	4.88	72.0	—	56	5.0	92.1	—	—
1996	0.644	61.3	0.0	75.9	4.74	71.5	—	55	5.5	92.1	—	—
1997	0.648	61.4	0.1	76.9	4.66	70.0	—	54	5.1	92.0	—	—
1998	0.654	61.5	0.2	77.8	4.58	69.7	—	53	5.7	92.0	—	—
1999	0.653	61.7	0.3	78.7	4.50	71.3	—	52	5.3	92.0	—	—
2000	0.652	61.8	1.2	79.6	4.47	72.8	74	51	5.2	92.0	—	—
2001	0.657	62.0	1.4	80.4	4.42	72.4	77	49	5.2	92.0	—	—
2002	0.661	62.2	1.9	81.2	4.36	79.8	78	48	4.8	91.9	—	—
2003	0.664	62.5	2.7	82.0	4.30	83.6	79	47	5.3	91.9	—	—
2004	0.665	62.7	3.0	82.7	4.25	85.8	79	46	4.7	91.9	—	—
2005	0.671	63.0	4.9	83.4	4.21	85.2	82	44	4.4	91.9	—	—
2006	0.670	63.3	5.5	84.1	4.17	86.2	81	43	3.8	91.9	6847	13637
2007	0.674	63.6	5.8	84.7	4.14	87.3	81	42	3.3	91.8	8004	14391
2008	0.675	64.0	7.5	85.2	4.12	87.3	82	41	3.4	91.8	9689	13734
2009	0.681	64.4	9.5	85.7	4.14	87.9	83	40	3.3	91.8	7291	13384
2010	0.684	64.7	13.0	86.2	4.15	85.8	89	39	3.5	91.8	8357	14015
2011	0.690	65.1	18.0	86.6	4.15	79.7	89	38	3.3	91.7	10219	14784
2012	0.699	65.4	24.0	86.9	4.09	75.5	89	36	3.2	91.7	9297	14620
2013	0.707	65.8	30.5	87.2	4.02	82.2	86	35	3.2	91.6	9198	14498
2014	0.716	66.1	38.1	87.6	3.95	81.3	87	35	3.2	91.6	9201	14854
2015	0.720	66.3	45.8	88.1	3.92	81.9	87	34	3.2	91.5	7047	14306
2016	0.724	66.6	48.0	88.5	3.92	81.5	88	33	3.1	91.5	6677	13998
2017	0.726	66.8	51.6	89.0	3.91	90.2	86	32	2.7	91.5	6922	14797
2018	0.727	67.0	55.4	89.5	3.91	90.3	90	31	2.5	91.4	7624	15432
2019	0.730	67.3	59.5	89.9	3.88	90.2	90	30	2.5	91.4	7441	15950
2020	0.732	67.1	63.9	90.3	3.83	91.3	91	29	2.4	91.3	6606	14477
2021	0.720	67.1	65.8	90.8	3.78	91.3	92	29	2.3	91.3	8181	18524
2022	0.730	67.7	67.7	91.2	3.71	—	94	28	2.3	91.2	8409	19989
2023	0.733	68.3	68.2	91.6	3.65	—	94	27	2.1	91.2	7803	20773
2024	—	68.5	68.7	91.9	3.59	—	95	26	2.0	—	8230	21541
2025	—	—	—	92.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	8263	22218
On the profile	0.733	68.5	68.7	92.1	3.59	91.3	—	—	2.0	91.2	8263	22218

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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