Economic Trivia

Oil accounts for 50% of GDP and 70% of revenues.

Trade Source: United Nations Comtrade
Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.

Data unavailable

Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook

Petroleum Extraction and Refining; Manganese; Gold; Chemicals

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [1]

GDP, PPP (current international) $35,529,000,505 (2021)
GDP Growth Rate (annual %) 1.462% (2021)
GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international) $15,176 (2021)
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GDP Country Rank 133/197 (2021)

GDP Composition %

Note: GDP composition percentage may exceed 100. Manufacturing is included in the Industry figures and is also reported separately because it plays a critical role in many economies.

Economic Indicators [1]

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 1.177% (2020)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) $7,722,008,180 (2021)
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) 47.1% (2019)
Real Interest Rate (5 year average %) -4.548% (2008)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 23.588% (2021)
Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$) $140,995,975 (2015)
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Labor and Employment [1]

Labor Force, Total 718,398 (2021)
Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment) 32.359% (2020)
Employment in Industry (% of total employment) 10.777% (2020)
Employment in Services (% of total employment) 56.864% (2020)
Unemployment Rate 22.265% (2021)
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Trade [1]

Imports of goods and services (current US$) $3,405,765,092 (2021)
Exports of goods and services (current US$) $11,280,880,845 (2021)
Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 46.526% (2021)
FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$) $1,634,824,190 (2021)
Commercial Service Exports (current US$) $273,340,324 (2015)
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Economic Snapshot [1]

Note: Percentile ranks are calculated using the latest available data for all countries within the last 5 years.

How to interpret the graph: The purpose of this graph is to take a snapshot of a country’s economy in comparison to other economies. For example, Gabon’s Exports rank is higher than (please wait...) of the countries in the dataset. For Exports, FDI and GDP measures, a higher rank (closer to 100%) indicates a stronger economy. Conversely, for Unemployment and Inflation, a lower rank (closer to 0%) indicates a stronger economy.

Due to unavailable data the following indicators have been omitted:
  • Exports
  • FDI, net inflows
  • GDP Growth Rate
  • GDP Per Capita
  • Inflation
  • Unemployment

Sources

  1. The World Bank