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Progress and setbacks by key indicators see references
Slight progress  Undernourishment Stagnant  Population with access to sanitation
Slight progress  Literacy Slight progress  Population with access to improved water sources
Slight regression  Primary school enrolment rate Slight regression  Malaria
Slight progress  Internet users Slight regression  Tuberculosis
Slight progress  Personal computers Stagnant  People living with HIV/AIDS
Slight progress  Telephone mainlines Stagnant  Infant mortality
Stagnant  Public health expenditure Stagnant  Under-5 mortality
Significant progress  Public education expenditure Stagnant  Net primary enrolment ratio gap
Slight progress  Total debt service Stagnant  Activity rate gap
Slight progress  Military expenditure Slight progress  Women in decision-making positions in government at ministerial level

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Signatures and ratifications by Gabon
Human Rights International Treaties Total 9 ; signed 9 ; ratified 8 .
Table of ratifications of fundamental ILO conventions Total 7 ; not yet ratified 1 ; ratified 6 ; denounced 0 .
Treaties mentioned in the Millennium Declaration Total 10 ; signed 7 ; ratified 6 .
1350000 Population
267670 SQ KM
Capital: Libreville
Currency: CFA franc
Language: French
BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX   see references
82.1
GENDER EQUITY INDEX   see references
53
THE PRESENT SITUATION   see references
Education   Countries below average
Information, science and technology   Countries in worse situation
Public expenditure   Countries above average
Environment   Countries below average
Health   Countries below average
Women’s reproductive health   Countries above average
Gender and education   Countries below average
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Countries above average
Women’s empowerment   Countries below average
PROGRESS AND REGRESSION IN FOCUS   see references
Food security   Slight progress
Education   Stagnant
Information, science and technology   Slight progress
Public expenditure   Slight progress
Environment   Slight progress
Health   Stagnant
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Stagnant
Women’s empowerment   Slight progress
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