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Gabon

Sub-Saharan Africa · Libreville

Rank #137 of 173

26.7Strength score

Photos

Gabon hosts Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference 2026 (9952510)
Gabon hosts Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference 2026 (9952510)Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
INS Tarkash entering Port Gentil, Gabon, the first ever visit to Gabon by an Indian Navy ship
INS Tarkash entering Port Gentil, Gabon, the first ever visit to Gabon by an Indian Navy shipIndian Navy · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, Gabon - Air Force JP69843
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, Gabon - Air Force JP69843Pedro Aragão · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance71
  • Air power—
  • Manpower59
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$356M #120
Budget as % of GDP
1.66% #89
Spending per person
$137 #72
GDP
$21.4B #131
Population
2,593,130 #140

Manpower

Active personnel
7,000 (World Bank figure) #144
Reserve personnel
—
Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
7,000 #144

Land forces

Tanks
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Armoured vehicles
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Self-propelled artillery
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Towed artillery
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Rocket launchers (MLRS)
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Air power

Total aircraft
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Fighter jets
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Attack aircraft & bombers
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Transport aircraft
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Helicopters
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Attack helicopters
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Naval power

Total naval vessels
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Aircraft carriers
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Helicopter carriers
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Submarines
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Destroyers
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Frigates
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Corvettes
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Patrol vessels
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Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
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Weapons Gabon uses (4)

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Dassault Mirage IIIDassault Mirage IIIFighter aircraft Trident-class patrol vesselTrident-class patrol vesselPatrol vessels Kership-class offshore patrol vesselKership-class offshore patrol vesselCorvettes Lieutenant de Vaisseau Mangoye Jean-BaptistéLieutenant de Vaisseau Mangoye Jean-BaptistéPatrol vessels

Others in the region

  1. 37Nigeria60.1 VS
  2. 45South Africa57.5 VS
  3. 47Ethiopia51.5 VS
  4. 64Angola30.9 VS
  5. 66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
  6. 82Sudan29.8 VS
  7. 83Uganda29.8 VS
  8. 87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)