Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	1.54 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	319,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	7,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	1,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	1,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1973]
Military & security forces	Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army, Navy, Air Force, Light Aviation, Fire Brigade; Gabon National Gendarmerie (GENA); Republican Guard (GR); Military Health Service; Military Engineering (2025); note: the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions; the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention groupCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2025)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	1,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	1,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [1973]
Military spending (% of GDP)	1.54 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	319,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]