🇬🇦 Gabon Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇬🇦 Gabon GA / GAB #76

Nomad Score 38.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, OPEC, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa

Currency XAF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 29/100

Press Freedom (2025) 70.7/100 #41

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.302

HDI 0.733

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Gabon	Brice Oligui Nguema
Vice President of Gabon	Séraphin Moundounga

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 29 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 70.7 / 100

Global Rank #41 / 180

Rank Change +15 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #45 61.2

Economic #49 51.8

Legal #52 70.6

Social #27 79.6

Safety #40 90.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.302

Liberal 0.178

Participatory 0.240

Deliberative 0.227

Egalitarian 0.246

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	70.7	41	61.2	51.8	70.6	79.6	90.1
2024	65.8	56	58.5	49.7	70.2	71.1	79.6
2023	58.1	94	48.3	46.6	57.4	58.1	80.2
2022	56.0	105	48.4	39.5	56.1	65.5	70.5
2021	61.4	117	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	62.8	121	-	-	-	-	89.0
2019	64.4	115	-	-	-	-	83.9
2018	67.6	108	-	-	-	-	69.1
2017	65.2	108	-	-	-	-	65.7
2016	67.8	100	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	68.6	95	-	-	-	-	73.6
2014	68.7	98	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.3	89	-	-	-	-	-
2012	36.5	101	-	-	-	-	-
2010	28.8	107	-	-	-	-	-
2009	43.5	129	-	-	-	-	-
2008	26.8	110	-	-	-	-	-
2007	31.5	102	-	-	-	-	-
2006	28.5	114	-	-	-	-	-
2005	26.0	102	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index