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Congo vs Gabon

109 shared metrics.

CongoLeads in 45

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GabonLeads in 64

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Congo

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of the Congo.

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Identity

Name origin: named for the Congo River, which makes up much of the country's eastern border.

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Gabon

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Identity

Formal name: Gabonese Republic.

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Identity

Name origin: name originates from the Portuguese word gabão, meaning "cloak," possibly used by early explorers to describe the shape of the Komo River estuary.

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Analysis

Gabon leads in 64 of 109 shared metrics, while Congo leads in 45.

Congo's Capital Elevation is 23.6x that of Gabon (320 m vs 13 m).

Congo's Shipping Traffic is 4.6x that of Gabon (1000.0K vs 180.0K).

Congo's Agricultural Land (%) is 2.7x that of Gabon (31.19% vs 8.4%).

Congo's Inflation Rate is 1.6x that of Gabon (3.1% vs 1.2%).

Congo's Population is 1.4x that of Gabon (6.10M vs 2.51M).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationCongo leads

Congo

320 m

Gabon

13 m

Shipping TrafficCongo leads

Congo

1000.0K

Gabon

180.0K

Agricultural Land (%)Congo leads

Congo

31.19%

Gabon

8.4%

Inflation RateCongo leads

Congo

3.1%

Gabon

1.2%

PopulationCongo leads

Congo

6.10M

Gabon

2.51M

Government Debt (% GDP)Congo leads

Congo

128.7% of GDP

Gabon

64.2% of GDP

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Congo

320 m

Gabon

13 m

2362% higher

Shipping Traffic

Congo

1000.0K

Gabon

180.0K

456% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Congo

31.19%

Gabon

8.4%

273% higher

Inflation Rate

Congo

3.1%

Gabon

1.2%

158% higher

Population

Congo

6.10M

Gabon

2.51M

143% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Congo

128.7% of GDP

Gabon

64.2% of GDP

100% higher

Population Density

Congo

18.11 /km²

Gabon

9.6 /km²

88% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Gabon

Congo

Gabon

87% lower

Coastline Length

Gabon

Congo

169 km

Gabon

885 km

81% lower

Health Spending Per Capita

Gabon

Congo

$50.61

Gabon

$247.1

80% lower

High-Tech Exports (%)

Congo

3.2%

Gabon

1.8%

78% higher

Water Stress (%)

Gabon

Congo

0.02%

Gabon

0.08%

76% lower

Broadband Access (%)

Gabon

Congo

1.0 per 100 people

Gabon

4.0 per 100 people

75% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Congo

12.0K

Gabon

7.0K

71% higher

GNI Per Capita

Gabon

Congo

$2,280

Gabon

$7,790

71% lower

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Gabon

Congo

627.59 kg oil eq/person

Gabon

2.1K kg oil eq/person

70% lower

Land Border Length

Congo

5.6K km

Gabon

3.3K km

70% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Gabon

Congo

0.90% of adults

Gabon

3.0% of adults

70% lower

Time Zones Count

Gabon

Congo

1.0 time zones

Gabon

3.0 time zones

67% lower

Water Withdrawal

Gabon

Congo

0.05 B m³

Gabon

0.14 B m³

67% lower

Comparison of Congo and Gabon across 109 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	320 m	13 m	2362% higher	Congo
Shipping Traffic	1000.0K	180.0K	456% higher	Congo
Agricultural Land (%)	31.19%	8.4%	273% higher	Congo
Inflation Rate	3.1%	1.2%	158% higher	Congo
Population	6.10M	2.51M	143% higher	Congo
Government Debt (% GDP)	128.7% of GDP	64.2% of GDP	100% higher	Congo
Population Density	18.11 /km²	9.6 /km²	88% higher	Congo
Merchant Fleet Size	11	87	87% lower	Gabon
Coastline Length	169 km	885 km	81% lower	Gabon
Health Spending Per Capita	$50.61	$247.1	80% lower	Gabon
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.2%	1.8%	78% higher	Congo
Water Stress (%)	0.02%	0.08%	76% lower	Gabon
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	4.0 per 100 people	75% lower	Gabon
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	7.0K	71% higher	Congo
GNI Per Capita	$2,280	$7,790	71% lower	Gabon
Energy Use (Per Capita)	627.59 kg oil eq/person	2.1K kg oil eq/person	70% lower	Gabon
Land Border Length	5.6K km	3.3K km	70% higher	Congo
Credit Card Ownership	0.90% of adults	3.0% of adults	70% lower	Gabon
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Gabon
Water Withdrawal	0.05 B m³	0.14 B m³	67% lower	Gabon
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.17 per 1k	0.52 per 1k	67% lower	Gabon
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,026.36	$21,510.17	67% lower	Gabon
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Congo
Milk Consumption per Person	10.69 kg/person/yr	30.16 kg/person/yr	65% lower	Gabon
Sanitation Access (%)	20.55%	57.4%	64% lower	Gabon
Total CO2 Emissions	8.5 Mt CO2e	5.2 Mt CO2e	63% higher	Congo
Protected Land (%)	36.8%	22.7%	62% higher	Congo
Electricity Generation	5.2 TWh	3.2 TWh	62% higher	Congo
Obesity Rate	8.0%	20%	60% lower	Gabon
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	458.98 kWh/person	1.1K kWh/person	57% lower	Gabon
Nurses & Midwives	1.1 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	50% lower	Gabon
Irrigated Land	20 km²	40 km²	50% lower	Gabon
Freedom of Expression Index	0.37	0.75	50% lower	Gabon
Internet Users (%)	38%	72%	47% lower	Gabon
Imports (% GDP)	40.41% of GDP	27.47% of GDP	47% higher	Congo
Electricity Access (%)	51.3%	94.1%	45% lower	Gabon
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.3% of GDP	2.3% of GDP	44% higher	Congo
Women in Parliament (%)	14.57%	25.51%	43% lower	Gabon
Women's Political Empowerment	0.47	0.80	42% lower	Gabon
Electricity Carbon Intensity	716.12 gCO2/kWh	523.08 gCO2/kWh	37% higher	Congo
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.18	35% lower	Gabon
CO2 Per Capita	1.4 t/person/yr	2.1 t/person/yr	34% lower	Gabon
Land Area	341.5K km²	257.7K km²	33% higher	Congo
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.33% of firms	20.55% of firms	33% higher	Congo
Airports	56	42	33% higher	Congo
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.4 per 100k	12.5 per 100k	33% lower	Gabon
Meat Consumption per Person	40.11 kg/person/yr	59.21 kg/person/yr	32% lower	Gabon
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	6.5% of GDP	9.5% of GDP	31% lower	Gabon
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	26 days/yr	20 days/yr	30% higher	Congo
Forest Coverage (%)	64.13%	91.18%	30% lower	Gabon
Urban Population (%)	63.89%	91.86%	30% lower	Gabon
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	5.5% of GDP	30% lower	Gabon
Beer Consumption	4.6 L/person/yr	6.4 L/person/yr	27% lower	Gabon
Elderly Population (%)	3.0%	4.1%	27% lower	Gabon
Alcohol Consumption	6.0 L/adult/yr	8.1 L/adult/yr	26% lower	Gabon
GDP (Nominal)	$15,719,986,076.65	$20,895,684,425.68	25% lower	Gabon
GDP Growth Rate	2.6%	3.4%	24% lower	Gabon
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	96 per 100 people	125 per 100 people	23% lower	Gabon
Military Spending	1.2% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	23% lower	Gabon
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	23% lower	Gabon
Insufficient Physical Activity	16.26% of adults	21.13% of adults	23% lower	Gabon
Child Mortality	40.5 per 1k births	33.2 per 1k births	22% higher	Congo
Tobacco Use Prevalence	16.2% of adults	13.3% of adults	22% higher	Congo
Renewable Energy (%)	71.4%	91.3%	22% lower	Gabon
Corruption Perceptions Index	23 pts	29 pts	21% lower	Gabon
Railway Length	510 km	649 km	21% lower	Gabon
Teen Birth Rate	109.88 per 1k	91.71 per 1k	20% higher	Congo
Electoral Democracy Index	0.24	0.30	20% lower	Gabon
Digital Payments Used	54.17% of adults	66.52% of adults	19% lower	Gabon
Exports (% GDP)	52.78% of GDP	64.58% of GDP	18% lower	Gabon
Fertility Rate	3.7 children/woman	3.2 children/woman	18% higher	Congo
Political Corruption Index	0.84	0.72	17% higher	Congo
Mobile Money Accounts	51.59% of adults	61.64% of adults	16% lower	Gabon
Median Age	18.3 years	21.5 years	15% lower	Gabon
Seafood Consumption per Person	23.67 kg/person/yr	27.86 kg/person/yr	15% lower	Gabon
Death Rate	4.6 per 1k	5.4 per 1k	15% lower	Gabon
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	5.2 pts	14% lower	Gabon
Dependency Ratio	76.78% of working-age pop.	68.26% of working-age pop.	12% higher	Congo
Youth Unemployment Rate	40.5% of youth labor force	36.28% of youth labor force	12% higher	Congo
Human Development Index	0.65	0.73	11% lower	Gabon
Birth Rate	28.34 per 1k	25.51 per 1k	11% higher	Congo
Youth Population (%)	40.45%	36.48%	11% higher	Congo
Firms Hit by Power Outages	77.11% of firms	87.1% of firms	11% lower	Gabon
Hypertension Prevalence	40.8% of adults	37.4% of adults	9% higher	Congo
Suicide Rate	6.7 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	8% lower	Gabon
Forest Area	219.0K km²	234.9K km²	7% lower	Gabon
Electric Generating Capacity	842.0K kW	785.0K kW	7% higher	Congo
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	13.58 per 100k	12.85 per 100k	6% higher	Congo
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.44% of firms	28.1% of firms	6% lower	Gabon
Spirits Consumption	0.52 L/person/yr	0.55 L/person/yr	5% lower	Gabon
Scientific Publications	90.39	95.12	5% lower	Gabon
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	28.57 µg/m³	29.95 µg/m³	5% lower	Gabon
Food Waste per Person	129.93 kg/person/yr	136.65 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Gabon
Infant Mortality	27.6 per 1k births	26.5 per 1k births	4% higher	Congo
Life Expectancy	65.8 years	68.3 years	4% lower	Gabon
Highest Elevation	1.0K m	1.1K m	3% lower	Gabon
Unemployment Rate	19.69%	20.06%	2% lower	Gabon
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.29% of adults	91.41% of adults	1% higher	Congo
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.35% of firms	19.18% of firms	1% higher	Congo
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Congo
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Congo
Solar Electricity Share	0.18%	0%	ranked higher	Congo
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Congo
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Congo
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Congo
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.9% of GDP	-3.1% of GDP	ranked lower	Gabon
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	2.0 sites	equal	Congo
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Congo
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Congo

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Analysis

Gabon leads in 64 of 109 shared metrics, while Congo leads in 45.

Congo's Capital Elevation is 23.6x that of Gabon (320 m vs 13 m).

Congo's Shipping Traffic is 4.6x that of Gabon (1000.0K vs 180.0K).

Congo's Agricultural Land (%) is 2.7x that of Gabon (31.19% vs 8.4%).

Congo's Inflation Rate is 1.6x that of Gabon (3.1% vs 1.2%).

Congo's Population is 1.4x that of Gabon (6.10M vs 2.51M).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationCongo leads

Congo

320 m

Gabon

13 m

Shipping TrafficCongo leads

Congo

1000.0K

Gabon

180.0K

Agricultural Land (%)Congo leads

Congo

31.19%

Gabon

8.4%

Inflation RateCongo leads

Congo

3.1%

Gabon

1.2%

PopulationCongo leads

Congo

6.10M

Gabon

2.51M

Government Debt (% GDP)Congo leads

Congo

128.7% of GDP

Gabon

64.2% of GDP

Capital Elevation

320 m

13 m

Shipping Traffic

1000.0K

180.0K

Agricultural Land (%)

31.19%

8.4%

Inflation Rate

3.1%

1.2%

Population

6.10M

2.51M

Government Debt (% GDP)

128.7% of GDP

64.2% of GDP

Population Density

18.11 /km²

9.6 /km²

Merchant Fleet Size

Coastline Length

169 km

885 km

Health Spending Per Capita

$50.61

$247.1

High-Tech Exports (%)

3.2%

1.8%

Water Stress (%)

0.02%

0.08%

Broadband Access (%)

1.0 per 100 people

4.0 per 100 people

Armed Forces Personnel

12.0K

7.0K

GNI Per Capita

$2,280

$7,790

Energy Use (Per Capita)

627.59 kg oil eq/person

2.1K kg oil eq/person

Land Border Length

5.6K km

3.3K km

Credit Card Ownership

0.90% of adults

3.0% of adults

Time Zones Count

1.0 time zones

3.0 time zones

Water Withdrawal

0.05 B m³

0.14 B m³

Congo vs Gabon

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Shipping Traffic

Agricultural Land (%)

Inflation Rate

Population

Government Debt (% GDP)

Population Density

Merchant Fleet Size

Coastline Length

Health Spending Per Capita

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Stress (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

GNI Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Land Border Length

Credit Card Ownership

Time Zones Count

Water Withdrawal

Doctors (per 1,000)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Border Neighbors

Milk Consumption per Person

Sanitation Access (%)

Total CO2 Emissions

Protected Land (%)

Electricity Generation

Obesity Rate

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Nurses & Midwives

Irrigated Land

Freedom of Expression Index

Internet Users (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Electricity Access (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Women's Political Empowerment

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Liberal Democracy Index

CO2 Per Capita

Land Area

Firms Asked for Bribes

Airports

Road Traffic Death Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Forest Coverage (%)

Urban Population (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Elderly Population (%)

Alcohol Consumption

GDP (Nominal)

GDP Growth Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Military Spending

Health Spending (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Child Mortality

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Renewable Energy (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Railway Length

Teen Birth Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Digital Payments Used

Exports (% GDP)

Fertility Rate

Political Corruption Index