Gabon
Key Indicators
Summary statistics
Capital: Libreville
Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
Area: 267,667 km²
Geographic Location: Region: Central Africa, on the west coast of the continent. Coordinates: Appr. 0.39°N latitude and 9.45°E lon.
Population: 2.5 million
| Description | 2022 | 2023 |
| National Accounts | ||
| Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) | 3 | 2.8 |
| GDP (current prices, billions of US$) | 21.12 | 19.32 |
| GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita) | 9.77 thousand | 8.83 thousand |
| Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Trade | ||
| Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS) | ||
| Current account, balance (billions of $US) | 0.338 | -0.16 |
| Current account, balance ( % of GDP) | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| FINANCE | ||
| General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) | 1.9 | -0.4 |
| General government gross debt (% of GDP) | 57.7 | 64.9 |
| EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS | ||
| Population | 2,388,992 | 2,436,566 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) | ||