Overall Green Drought for Gabon, Congo-2026 in Republic of Congo, Gabon from 21 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC to 20 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Gabon, Congo-2026

in Republic of Congo, Gabon

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Gabon, Congo-2026
Countries:	Republic of Congo, Gabon
Start Date:	End of Dec 2025
Duration:	202 days (at 20 Jul 2026)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 121989 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2026-03-01, this event integrated the drought event Central Africa-2025.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	20 Jan 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 131349 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Jan 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 193744 km2	GDO
3	1	10 Feb 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 193744 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Feb 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 193744 km2	GDO
5	1	02 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 287209 km2	GDO
6	1	10 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 673353 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 818099 km2	GDO
8	1.25	30 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 746868 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Apr 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 453295 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Apr 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 368993 km2	GDO
11	1	30 Apr 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 272473 km2	GDO
12	0.5	10 May 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 113651 km2	GDO
13	0.75	20 May 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 113651 km2	GDO
14	0.5	30 May 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 113651 km2	GDO
15	0.5	10 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 245077 km2	GDO
16	0.5	20 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 232772 km2	GDO
17	0.5	30 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 193263 km2	GDO
18	0.5	10 Jul 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 119410 km2	GDO
19	0.5	20 Jul 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 122682 km2	GDO
20	0.5	17 Aug 2026 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 121989 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Gabon
Republic of Congo

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Lekoumou	Republic of Congo
- Medium	Niari	Republic of Congo
- Medium	Plateaux	Republic of Congo
- Medium	Estuaire	Gabon
- Medium	Haut-Ogooue	Gabon
- Medium	Moyen-Ogooue	Gabon
- Medium	Ngounie	Gabon
- Medium	Nyanga	Gabon
- Medium	Ogooue-lolo	Gabon
- Medium	Ogooue-Maritime	Gabon

More information

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