Limited scoring coverage for Gabon
The World Bank (WDI) and V-Dem — our primary sources for the Overall Score and its Economy, Quality of Life and Innovation categories — don't provide the complete series we score Gabon from, so Gabon's Overall Score and those categories show “No data” rather than an estimated number. This is a disclosed sourcing gap, not a fabricated zero.
Everything shown below is still sourced from providers that do cover Gabon: geography, government and named industries from the CIA World Factbook; population and demographics from UN World Population Prospects 2024; the energy mix from Ember; and mineral reserves from USGS.
The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (52/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | — | — |
| Governance | 16/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | — | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | — | — |
| Stability | 52/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 44, versus 45 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | — | Pandemic 10 · Banking Crisis 10 · War / Conflict 26 · Natural Disaster 11 |
| Strategic Position | 45/100 | Demographics 65 · Resources 17 · Stability 52 · Education — · Technology — · Geopolitics — |
Gabon has no overall score yet — nation-wide indicator coverage is below the reporting threshold. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 44). Its strongest area is Stability (52/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Gabon's Stability score is 52 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Gabon's Governance score is 16 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Gabon is down 1 point versus three years ago — 44 now, from 45 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Gabon's defining asset is petroleum extraction and refining, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — fiscal Balance −8.5% of GDP — the category's weakest input (10/100).
Gabon's Strategic Position score is 45 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.