Foreign direct investment inflows in Gabon

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Gabon were 1.8% of GDP in 2025.

Gabon, 2025 1.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 1.5%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 106th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows 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.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period GabonWorld
2025 1.8% 1.4%
2024 1.5% 1.2%
2023 -1.5% 0.9%
2022 4.9% 1.9%
2021 2.2% 2.5%
2020 0.7% 1.3%
2019 1.6% 2.2%
2018 0.3% 1.2%
2017 -1.6% 2.7%
2016 1.5% 3.5%
2015 0.3% 3.6%
2014 6.9% 2.4%
2013 1.8% 2.6%
2012 3.9% 2.7%
2011 6.2% 3.2%
2010 3.6% 2.7%
2009 5.2% 2.4%
2008 4.5% 3.7%
2007 5.3% 5.3%
2006 2.6% 4.2%
2005 3.4% 3.3%
2004 4.0% 2.2%
2003 1.5% 1.9%
2002 0.0% 2.1%
2001 -2.0% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 1.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Gabon has the 106th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025 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 and International Financial Statistics