Gabon's life expectancy rose from 61.3 yrs in 1995 to 68.5 yrs in 2024.
Gabon · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Gabon's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 50.0 yrs in 2000 to 56.3 yrs in 2021.
Gabon's infant mortality fell from 55.6 ‰ in 1995 to 25.9 ‰ in 2024.
Gabon's under-5 mortality rate fell from 79.2 ‰ in 1995 to 32.6 ‰ in 2024.
Gabon's maternal mortality ratio fell from 357.0 /100k in 1994 to 233.0 /100k in 2023.
Gabon's ncd mortality fell from 24.7 % in 2000 to 18.1 % in 2021.
Gabon's suicide mortality rate fell from 9.3 /100k in 2000 to 7.3 /100k in 2021.
Gabon's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 21.2 /100k in 2000 to 23.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.2 pts174th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +4.1 %119th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.6 pts59th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −11.1 %86th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −10.4 %82nd of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −38.9 %88th of 143*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −9.0 pts180th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −9.0 pts182nd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts135th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.4 %192nd of 208
›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