Current account balance in Gabon

The current account balance of Gabon was 1.0% of GDP in 2015. The value for 2015 is the lowest since 1998.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1978 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Gabon is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Gabon, 2015 1.0% % of GDP
Change from 2014 −5.1percentage points 2014: 6.1%

Current account balance in Gabon over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2015
Period Gabon
2015 1.0%
2014 6.1%
2013 8.3%
2012 11.5%
2011 14.3%
2010 17.1%
2009 6.6%
2008 24.6%
2007 22.1%
2005 20.7%
2004 11.9%
2003 11.8%
2002 6.3%
2001 10.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.1 percentage points from 6.1% in 2014.
  • Since 2004, when it was 11.9%, the figure has changed by −10.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1978 to 2015 for Gabon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics