Share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon
Gabon: Share of voting rights in international organizations was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon is 0.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 61.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon peaked at 1.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2021.
Gabon ranks 41st of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.1% | — |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -33.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -31.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 83% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3%, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of voting rights in international organizations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -33.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | -31.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 38 Mozambique 0.6% compare
- 39 Finland 0.5% compare
- 39 South Korea 0.5% compare
- 42 Austria 0.4% compare
- 42 Kuwait 0.4% compare
- 44 Burkina Faso 0.4% compare
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 share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon?
- Share of voting rights in international organizations in Gabon was 0.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
- How does Gabon rank for share of voting rights in international organizations?
- Gabon ranks 41st out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of voting rights in international organizations rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of voting rights in international organizations. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of voting rights of developing countries in international organizations, by organization (%).