Freedom Score in Gabon
Gabon: Freedom Score was 25 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Freedom Score in Gabon, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 25 for freedom score in 2025.
The figure is up 19.0% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Gabon peaked at 50 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 20, in 2022.
Gabon ranks 149th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Freedom Score in Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 50 | — |
| 2003 | 45 | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 44 | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 40 | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 37 | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 37 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 34 | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 23 | -28.1% |
| 2018 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 22 | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 21 | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 20 | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21 | +5.0% |
| 2025 | 25 | +19.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 25 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61.5, 41% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 25 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35, 71% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Freedom Score in Gabon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -28.1% | 32 | 23 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.38 | 34 | 50 | 8 |
| 2010s | 30.4 | 22 | 34 | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.5 | 20 | 25 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More social development data for Gabon
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 166 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 984 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0004 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 984 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom score in Gabon?
- Freedom score in Gabon was 25 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 50 in 2002.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 in 2022.
- How does Gabon rank for freedom score?
- Gabon ranks 149th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Freedom House's total democracy score is a 0-to-100 aggregate that adds up a country's points on 25 indicators of political rights (max 40) and civil liberties (max 60), creating a single snapshot of the freedoms people actually enjoy.