Gabon

Level moderateupdated 53 min ago
What governments advise19 states tracked
9 nothing to report6 increased caution3 advise against non-essential travel1 advise against all travel
Mira Safe's take

A country you can visit normally, with the usual precautions.

0alerts in progress4 / 19states advise against travel5events over 12 months
HighCritical

What are the main risks in Gabon?

Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 5 events there, including 2 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Power outage, Travel advisory.

Is there a government travel advisory for Gabon?

Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 4 advise against travel and 6 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.

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Gabon: current alerts and safety news

Nothing notable in the last 7 days.

Last 90 days

  • Calm
  • Moderate / High
  • Critical
  • N/A
July 14October 11

Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.

Is it safe to travel to Gabon?

Gabon sits at level 3 of 4 on our scale, and the record behind it is thin: five events over the last 12 months, three of them severe. Fires come up most often, twice, and neither was severe. One storm was recorded, and that one was. An official travel notice is also in the record: we hold the fact, not its contents, so read the notice your own foreign ministry publishes. A power cut was logged too. Of all that, only storms and fires follow a season here. July holds the most records, two; December, March and August one each. At five records in total, that is chance rather than a cycle. Nothing in the data points to one region rather than another.

What it changes for a nomad

For a few weeks on the ground, the real question is continuity, not drama. Power cuts show up in the record, so treat electricity as something that can stop. Laptop charged, files offline, margin around every call. Storms and fires are the two hazards with a season here, so a trip out of town is worth preparing with the day's forecast. Level 3 of 4 is not a place you land in without reading the official travel notice your own state publishes, and that notice can move while you are there: read it before you book, and again before you travel around. The record is short, five events over 12 months, so the calendar tells you little. Pick your months on your own work rhythm, not on our counts.

Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →

To watch right now

  • One alert is open right now; look at what it covers before planning a trip out of town.
  • The most recent notable event on record is a storm rated 3 of 4, so if you are heading that way, ask locally what is still disrupted.

To watch as a rule

  • Storms in their season: the single one recorded over 12 months was severe.
  • Fires, two on record over 12 months, neither severe, but they are the other seasonal hazard here.
  • Power cuts, which weigh more on a working day than their rating suggests.
  • The official travel notice covering the country: it carries the highest stakes in our data and can change at any time.

Good reflexes

  • Top up the power bank and the laptop early in the evening, before the power drops.
  • Keep your working files offline and leave a buffer around every scheduled call.
  • Ask your flat or your workspace whether there is a generator and how often the power goes.
  • Check the day's forecast before any trip out of the city during storm season.
  • Read your own country's official travel notice before booking, and again before you move around.

Gabon: travel advisories and areas to avoid

What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.

Gabon: quality of life and safety in figures

Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.

Favourable vs the world median

  • New displacements, disasters: 0.35 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)

Watch out vs the world median

  • Air quality (PM2.5): 31.3 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
  • Road deaths: 23.9 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
  • Physicians: 0.52 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
  • Life expectancy at birth: 68.5 years (median 74.7)
Air quality (PM2.5)
31.3µg/m³ · 2023

Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better

WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³

Road deaths
23.9per 100,000 people · 2019

Above the world median (15.2) · lower is better

Physicians
0.52per 1,000 people · 2022

Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better

Life expectancy at birth
68.5years · 2024

Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better

New displacements, disasters
0.35per 1,000 people · 2023

Below the world median (0.73) · lower is better

900 people in total

Refugees hosted
0.06per 1,000 people · 2025

166 people in total

86 asylum seekers

People living in internal displacement
0people · 2025

Security and violence

Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026

3.5/10 — medium

Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.

Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.

National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR

Gabon: natural disasters and risks in figures

Last 30 days · 0 events

Eventsof which severe

No major event reported by our sources in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months · 5 events

Eventsof which severe
  • Wildfire2
  • Power outage11 1 severe
  • Travel advisory11 1 severe
  • Storm1

By month

Eventsof which severe
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