Gabon's forest cover fell from 92.1 % in 1994 to 91.2 % in 2023.
Gabon · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Gabon's forest area fell from 237,370 km in 1994 to 234,950 km in 2023.
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
% of land area
70th of 213 · 19th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gabon's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) rose from 20.0 % in 2013 to 22.6 % in 2025.
Gabon's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 7.9 % in 1994 to 8.4 % in 2023.
Gabon's arable land (% of land area) rose from 1.2 % in 1994 to 1.3 % in 2023.
Air
Gabon's air pollution (pm2.5) rose from 28.6 in 1994 to 31.3 in 2023.
Water
Gabon's water stress rose from 0.1 % in 1993 to 0.1 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
8th of 181 · 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gabon's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 153,788 in 1993 to 67,469 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Gabon.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data