Democracy in Gabon
Gabon: Democracy was 1 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Democracy in Gabon, 1910–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 1 for democracy in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in Gabon peaked at 2 in 1957 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2018.
That places Gabon 87th out of 172 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 116 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1667 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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More reference data data for Gabon
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.542 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.6821 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.2696 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.4634 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.5583 °C (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 5 (2025)
- Free country 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democracy in Gabon?
- Democracy in Gabon was 1 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1957.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2018.
- How does Gabon rank for democracy?
- Gabon ranks 87th out of 172 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).