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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Gabon economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Gabon best banks and safest banks are also available.
Gabon is cleaning its fiscal house, and hopes to prove it can be more than just an oil producer.
USD 1.3 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6.3% | 1.7% | -2.3% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 5.5% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
4.4% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.06% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.1% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 4.8% | 3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
44.7% | 64.2% | 62.6% | 60.7% | 56.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-1.1% | -4.7% | -1.7% | -0.2% | 1.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: Caa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-2.4 % (2018 estimate)
50.2% (2017)
0.04% (2018)
0.01% (2016)
Crude oil, timber, manganese, uranium
Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials
China 36.4%, US 10%, Ireland 8.5%, Netherlands 6.3%, South Korea 5.1%, Australia 5%, Italy 4.6% (2017)
France 23.6%, Belgium 19.6%, China 15.2% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,241 million | USD 1,498 million | USD 846 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 45 million | USD -84 million | USD -63 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
169 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 96 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 141 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 164 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 171 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 132 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 170 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 182 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 170 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 180 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 130 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2019
119 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 118 / Score: 56.3 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Roman Catholic 42.3%, Protestant 12.3%, other Christian 27.4%, Muslim 9.8%, animist 0.6%, other 0.5%, none/no answer 7.1% (2012 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010* | 2015* | 2020* |
0.93 million | 1.21 million | 1.61 million | 1.93 million | 2.11 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
17.4% | 54.7% | 78.9% | 89.4% |
Total population: 83.2%
Male: 85.3%
Female: 81%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
11.2% (last available estimate, 2017)
38 (last available estimate, 2017)
Not Free
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 1% Mobile: 138.3% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)