Central Africa
Gabon
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Gabon's #1 import source (world lens). Gabon is the EU's #112 goods supplier.
Gabon on the world stage
Total imports
$4.2bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$12.7bn
181 partners
#1 import source
Rep. of Korea
13.3%
#1 export dest.
China
27.7%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Gabon and the EU
EU imports from
€950m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€940m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #112 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 0.99
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
165
EUR/MWh
Consumer
201
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
429
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
Privatised concession (SEEG/Veolia)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARSEE (Autorite de Regulation du Secteur de l'Eau et de l'Electricite)
Oil and gas revenues subsidise electricity tariffs, removing the price signal for efficiency or RE investment. SEEG (Veolia concession) operates the system but underinvests.
Tracked infrastructure
0 solar farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
1 hydro plants
160 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
18
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
manganese sector; no open monitoring located
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
21.5
→ 25.6 by 2050
Fertility
3.59
above replacement
Working-age
59.4%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
6.9
→ 11.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 2.54M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +61% (4.08M)