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Gabon

GA Β· GAB Β· #76 Β· 6 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$26,131
GDP (2031)
$28.9B
GDP growth (2031)
2.9% ↑
Inflation (2031)
2.3% β†’
Unemployment (2025)
20.2% ↑
Population (2031)
2.6M
Population growth (2031)
2.1% ↓
Gini index (2017)
38.0
Government debt (2031)
121.1% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-6.6% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$1.1B
Life expectancy (2024)
68.5 yrs
Health spending (2023)
3.1% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
68.7%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
125.3/100
Trade openness (2025)
84.9% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
581.93/USD
Foreign reserves (2024)
$638.8M
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
121.1% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-6.6% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$1.1B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2017)
0.38
Assessment
Moderate inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
1.57/1k
Tax revenue (2021)
9.5% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
42.3% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2013)
12.2
Bank branches per 100k (2013)
8.9
ICT service exports (2015)
0.8%
Goods and services tax (2021)
2.4%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $28.9B $26,131 2.9% 2.3% - 2.6M - 121.1% -6.6% - - - - -
2030 * $27.6B $25,522 2.8% 2.3% - 2.6M - 114.3% -6.0% - - - - -
2029 * $26.4B $24,916 2.8% 2.3% - 2.5M - 108.0% -5.5% - - - - -
2028 * $25.2B $24,311 2.8% 2.3% - 2.5M - 102.1% -6.1% - - - - -
2027 * $24.2B $23,817 2.8% 2.4% - 2.4M - 94.3% -5.5% - - - - -
2026 * $23.4B $23,496 2.7% 2.5% - 2.4M - 86.1% -4.3% - - - - -
2025 $21.6B $22,218 2.5% 2.0% 20.2% 2.3M - 78.9% -3.1% - - - - 581.93
2024 $20.9B $21,541 3.4% 1.2% 20.1% 2.3M - 70.9% 1.7% $1.1B 68.5 - 68.7% 606.35
2023 $20.1B $20,773 2.4% 3.6% 20.2% 2.2M - 70.6% 3.0% $1.2B 68.3 3.1% 68.2% 606.57
2022 $20.5B $19,989 3.0% 4.3% 20.3% 2.2M - 65.6% 8.8% $1.1B 67.7 2.9% 67.7% 623.76
2021 $19.5B $18,524 1.5% 1.1% 21.2% 2.1M - 72.9% 3.3% $1.5B 67.1 2.8% 65.8% 554.53
2020 $15.4B $14,477 -1.8% 1.7% 21.3% 2.1M - 83.0% -0.5% $1.7B 67.1 3.4% 63.9% 575.59
2019 $16.9B $15,950 3.8% 2.0% 20.4% 2.1M - 59.8% 4.6% $1.6B 67.3 2.8% 59.5% 585.91
2018 $16.8B $15,432 0.9% 4.8% 20.5% 2.1M - 62.3% 7.1% $1.4B 67.0 2.8% 55.4% 555.45
2017 $14.9B $14,797 0.5% 2.7% 20.3% 2.0M 38.0 62.9% -0.7% $1.3B 66.8 2.8% 51.6% 580.66
2016 $14.0B $13,998 2.1% 2.1% 20.1% 2.0M - 64.5% -5.4% $1.2B 66.6 3.1% 48.1% 592.61
2015 $14.4B $14,306 3.9% -0.1% 19.9% 1.9M - 44.7% 1.0% $41.7M 66.3 2.7% 45.8% 591.21
2014 $18.2B $14,854 4.4% 4.5% 19.9% 1.9M - 34.1% 6.1% $1.3B 66.1 2.5% 38.1% 493.76
2013 $17.6B $14,498 5.5% 0.5% 19.7% 1.8M - 31.1% 8.3% $324.0M 65.8 2.8% 30.5% 493.90
2012 $17.2B $14,620 5.3% 2.7% 19.7% 1.7M - 21.4% 11.5% $677.3M 65.4 2.4% 24.0% 510.56
2011 $18.2B $14,784 7.1% 1.3% 19.9% 1.7M - 21.4% 14.3% $1.1B 65.1 2.6% 18.0% 471.25
2010 $14.4B $14,015 7.4% 1.4% 20.4% 1.6M - 21.3% 17.1% $523.9M 64.7 2.5% 13.0% 494.79
2009 $12.2B $13,384 -1.2% 1.9% 19.8% 1.6M - 26.0% 6.6% $635.7M 64.4 3.8% 9.5% 470.29
2008 $15.6B $13,734 -3.0% 5.3% 19.2% 1.5M - 20.1% 24.6% $693.5M 64.0 2.9% 7.5% 446.00
2007 $12.5B $14,391 6.5% 5.0% 18.3% 1.4M - 39.2% 22.1% $654.8M 63.6 3.1% 5.8% 478.63
2006 $10.2B $13,637 -3.6% -1.4% 17.8% 1.4M - 34.9% 14.6% $267.8M 63.3 3.2% 5.5% 522.43
2005 $9.5B $14,028 3.9% 1.2% 16.9% 1.4M 42.2 41.7% 20.9% $326.2M 63.0 2.9% 4.9% 527.26
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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