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Real GDP growth and GDP in current US dollars, Gabon

Real GDP growth and GDP in current US dollars, Gabon

Unit: Percent ; Billions of US dollars Area: Gabon

Real GDP growth (Gabon) went from −4.0% in 1981 to 2.7% in 2026. The highest value was reached in 1989 (15.4%). GDP in current US dollars (Gabon) went from 4.56 bn USD in 1980 to 23.36 bn USD in 2026.

Real GDP growth and GDP in current US dollars, Gabon
Period Real GDP growth (%) GDP in current US dollars (bn USD)
1980 n/a 4.56
1981 −4.0 4.11
1982 4.1 3.85
1983 2.0 3.69
1984 4.9 3.55
1985 5.8 3.74
1986 −2.1 4.89
1987 −15.4 3.70
1988 3.5 4.08
1989 15.4 4.46
1990 5.1 6.34
1991 6.1 5.75
1992 −3.1 5.96
1993 3.9 5.76
1994 3.7 4.46
1995 5.0 5.28
1996 3.6 6.06
1997 5.7 5.67
1998 3.5 4.77
1999 −8.9 4.97
2000 −1.9 5.40
2001 2.1 5.02
2002 −0.2 5.33
2003 2.2 6.51
2004 0.7 7.77
2005 3.9 9.47
2006 −3.6 10.16
2007 6.5 12.46
2008 −3.0 15.57
2009 −1.2 12.19
2010 7.4 14.38
2011 7.1 18.21
2012 5.3 17.18
2013 5.5 17.60
2014 4.4 18.21
2015 3.9 14.38
2016 2.1 14.02
2017 0.5 14.92
2018 0.9 16.83
2019 3.8 16.88
2020 −1.8 15.36
2021 1.5 19.46
2022 3.0 20.48
2023 2.4 20.06
2024 3.4 20.90
2025 2.5 e 21.62 e
2026 2.7 e 23.36 e

p: provisional; e: estimate. n/a: not available.

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Real GDP growth GDP_REAL_GROWTH

Definition
Annual change in gross domestic product in volume terms (constant prices), in percent.
Methodology
International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Economic Outlook (WEO) database, series NGDP_RPCH. Years after the IMF's latest actual data point are IMF staff estimates or projections.
Unit
Percent, annual
Last update
Latest value
2.7%, 2026 (Gabon) Estimate

GDP in current US dollars GDP_CURRENT_USD

Definition
Value of all final goods and services produced during the year, at current prices, converted to US dollars.
Methodology
International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Economic Outlook (WEO) database, series NGDPD. Years after the IMF's latest actual data point are IMF staff estimates or projections.
Unit
Billions of US dollars, annual
Last update
Latest value
23.36 bn USD, 2026 (Gabon) Estimate
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