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Gabon

Gabon is a $21.4B economy (2025), growing 2.5% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 1.8%. 20 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.

USD/XAF

583.03

Central African CFA franc

WB pipeline

$51M

1 project to the Board

Data

Economy

GDP · 2025

$21.4B

+2.5% vs 2024

2010: $14.4B2011: $18.2B2012: $17.2B2013: $17.6B2014: $18.2B2015: $14.4B2016: $14B2017: $14.9B2018: $16.9B2019: $16.9B2020: $15.3B2021: $19.4B2022: $20.4B2023: $19.4B2024: $20.9B2025: $21.4B
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GDP growth · 2025

2.5%

−0.9 pts vs 2024

2010: 7.1%2011: 7.1%2012: 5.3%2013: 5.6%2014: 4.3%2015: 3.9%2016: 2.1%2017: 0.5%2018: 0.8%2019: 3.9%2020: -1.8%2021: 1.5%2022: 3.0%2023: 2.4%2024: 3.4%2025: 2.5%
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GDP per capita · 2025

$8.3K

+0.4% vs 2024

2010: $8.4K2011: $10.2K2012: $9.3K2013: $9.2K2014: $9.2K2015: $7K2016: $6.7K2017: $6.9K2018: $7.6K2019: $7.4K2020: $6.6K2021: $8.2K2022: $8.4K2023: $7.8K2024: $8.2K2025: $8.3K
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Inflation · 2025

1.8%

+0.6 pts vs 2024

2010: 1.5%2011: 1.3%2012: 2.7%2013: 0.5%2014: 4.7%2015: -0.3%2016: 2.1%2017: 2.7%2018: 4.7%2019: 2.5%2020: 1.4%2021: 1.1%2022: 4.2%2023: 3.6%2024: 1.2%2025: 1.8%
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Unemployment · 2025

20.2%

+0.1 pts vs 2024

2010: 20.4%2011: 19.9%2012: 19.7%2013: 19.7%2014: 19.9%2015: 19.9%2016: 20.1%2017: 20.3%2018: 20.5%2019: 20.4%2020: 21.3%2021: 21.2%2022: 20.3%2023: 20.2%2024: 20.1%2025: 20.2%
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Population · 2025

2.6M

+2.1% vs 2024

2010: 1.7M2011: 1.8M2012: 1.8M2013: 1.9M2014: 2M2015: 2M2016: 2.1M2017: 2.2M2018: 2.2M2019: 2.3M2020: 2.3M2021: 2.4M2022: 2.4M2023: 2.5M2024: 2.5M2025: 2.6M
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Agriculture share · 2025

6.8%

+0.2 pts vs 2024

2010: 3.9%2011: 3.4%2012: 3.4%2013: 3.3%2014: 3.6%2015: 4.3%2016: 5.0%2017: 5.3%2018: 5.4%2019: 5.6%2020: 6.6%2021: 6.8%2022: 6.5%2023: 6.7%2024: 6.6%2025: 6.8%
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Data

Debt, rates and money

Government debt

Not published by source

External debt · 2024

36.0%

−5.2 pts vs 2023

2010: 23.3%2011: 20.3%2012: 21.0%2013: 30.3%2014: 26.9%2015: 38.9%2016: 41.6%2017: 47.0%2018: 43.8%2019: 47.0%2020: 53.3%2021: 45.9%2022: 42.0%2023: 41.2%2024: 36.0%
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Debt service · 2021

15.4%

−13.6 pts vs 2020

2010: 4.8%2011: 3.9%2012: 4.2%2013: 12.0%2014: 6.1%2015: 8.6%2016: 14.2%2017: 10.3%2018: 10.5%2019: 9.9%2020: 29.0%2021: 15.4%
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Import cover · 2015

4.2 mo

−0.1 mo vs 2014

2010: 3.1 mo2011: 3.4 mo2012: 3.6 mo2013: 4.7 mo2014: 4.3 mo2015: 4.2 mo

Lending rate

Not published by source

Private credit · 2019

13.4%

+0.3 pts vs 2018

2010: 8.2%2011: 9.5%2012: 11.3%2013: 15.0%2014: 14.5%2015: 14.5%2016: 13.8%2017: 10.3%2018: 13.1%2019: 13.4%

FX (annual avg) · 2025

582

−4.0% vs 2024

2010: 4952011: 4712012: 5112013: 4942014: 4942015: 5912016: 5932017: 5812018: 5552019: 5862020: 5762021: 5552022: 6242023: 6072024: 6062025: 582
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Data

Capital flows

FDI inflows · 2024

$1.1B

−0.5% vs 2023

2010: $523.9M2011: $1.1B2012: $677.3M2013: $324M2014: $1.3B2015: $41.7M2016: $1.2B2017: $1.3B2018: $1.4B2019: $1.6B2020: $1.7B2021: $1.5B2022: $1.1B2023: $1.2B2024: $1.1B
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Remittances · 2015

$18.5M

−37.4% vs 2014

2010: $38.4M2011: $21.8M2012: $22.6M2013: $16.5M2014: $29.5M2015: $18.5M

Data

Trade

Exports · 2025

55.5%

−9.1 pts vs 2024

2010: 57.7%2011: 61.7%2012: 61.0%2013: 57.4%2014: 44.5%2015: 46.0%2016: 44.0%2017: 50.2%2018: 54.3%2019: 51.4%2020: 47.6%2021: 60.9%2022: 67.6%2023: 63.7%2024: 64.6%2025: 55.5%
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Current account · 2015

1.0%

−5.1 pts vs 2014

2010: 17.1%2011: 14.3%2012: 11.5%2013: 8.3%2014: 6.1%2015: 1.0%

Data

Technology

Internet use · 2024

68.7%

+0.5 pts vs 2023

2010: 13.0%2011: 18.0%2012: 24.0%2013: 30.5%2014: 38.1%2015: 45.8%2016: 48.1%2017: 51.6%2018: 55.4%2019: 59.5%2020: 63.9%2021: 65.8%2022: 67.7%2023: 68.2%2024: 68.7%
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Mobile subscriptions · 2024

125

+2.2% vs 2023

2010: 942011: 1332012: 1382013: 1432014: 1482015: 1382016: 1412017: 1232018: 1322019: 1322020: 1312021: 1322022: 1232023: 1232024: 125
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Data

Climate and energy

Electricity access · 2024

95.1%

+1.0 pts vs 2023

2010: 89.3%2011: 88.7%2012: 89.3%2013: 86.4%2014: 87.1%2015: 87.3%2016: 88.1%2017: 86.3%2018: 89.6%2019: 90.3%2020: 91.1%2021: 91.8%2022: 93.5%2023: 94.1%2024: 95.1%
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Renewable share · 2021

91.3%

+0.0 pts vs 2020

2010: 85.8%2011: 79.7%2012: 75.5%2013: 82.2%2014: 81.3%2015: 81.9%2016: 81.5%2017: 90.2%2018: 90.3%2019: 90.2%2020: 91.3%2021: 91.3%
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print

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Capital

World Bank lending to Gabon

1 in the pipeline · 4 active · commitments as published by the Bank.

ProjectThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
Health Security Program in Western and Central Africa - Phase IVP516708Health & educationPipelineOct 2026$51M
Access to Basic Services and Performance Improvement Project (PASBAP)P179643Climate & energyActiveFeb 2026$150M
Gabon Urban Development ProjectP177372Transport & urbanActiveJun 2025$150M
Gabonese Republic Additional Financing for COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and ResponseP176464Health & educationActiveOct 2021$12M
Digital Gabon ProjectP175987DigitalActiveJul 2021$68.5M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

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