Gabon vs Guyana: Share of the population with access to basic services

Gabon

95.1%

in 2024

Guyana

93.0%

in 2024

Gabon rank

153rd

Guyana rank

156th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Gabon
Guyana

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 95.1% against 93.0% in Guyana, a difference of 2.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Guyana ahead.

Gabon ranks 153rd and Guyana ranks 156th of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Gabon
Share of the population with access to basic services in Guyana
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.