Gabon Relocation Index

How Gabon scores

Some health-financing reforms and social-health coverage mechanisms exist.

• Peace and conflict safety12
• Immigrant safety42
• Visa accessibility48
• Residence permit realism45
• Labor market access49
• Healthcare58
• Civil rights47
• Discrimination safety47
• Status security45
• Infrastructure reliability54
• Cost of living sustainability62

Recent news impact

No high-signal, clearly enacted short-term changes in Gabon’s immigration access, asylum processing, border policy, or immigrant safety were detected in the provided materials within the last 45 days. The supplied items are mainly administrative/rights-oriented initiatives (diplomatic consular support; detention record standardization; trafficking victim SOPs) and an economic corridor reopening, which are more likely to be incremental and protective rather than a sudden relocation driver. Overall, the news-driven relocation outlook remains effectively unchanged in the short term.

Sources

• Gabon - 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesU.S. Department of State
• Gabon Travel AdvisoryU.S. Department of State
• Rule of Law: Estimate - Gabon | DataWorld Bank
• Documentation | Worldwide Governance IndicatorsWorld Bank
• Loi N° 5/86 du 17/06/1986 fixant le régime d'admission et de séjour des étrangers en République gabonaiseJournal Officiel de la République Gabonaise
• Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise - Code du travail (carte de travailleur étranger obligatoire)Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise
• Health financing and budgeting reforms in Gabon: Progress and challenges on the road to universal health coverageWorld Health Organization
• Gabon | UNHCR (refugees and asylum procedures; access to essential services)UNHCR