Investment share of GDP in Gabon

Investment in Gabon was equal to 24.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016.

Gabon, 2025 24.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +5.7percentage points 2024: 19.1%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Gabon (2025).

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period GabonWorld
2025 24.8% –
2024 19.1% 26.3%
2023 18.1% 26.7%
2022 16.0% 27.5%
2021 17.5% 27.2%
2020 19.9% 26.5%
2019 21.9% 26.6%
2018 19.3% 26.7%
2017 21.3% 26.1%
2016 27.0% 25.7%
2015 29.2% 25.9%
2014 35.1% 25.9%
2013 29.2% 25.6%
2012 27.0% 25.5%
2011 26.6% 25.3%
2010 29.7% 24.6%
2009 28.0% 23.4%
2008 25.1% 25.5%
2007 24.9% 25.5%
2006 24.0% 25.0%
2005 21.4% 24.5%
2004 21.5% 24.1%
2003 22.6% 23.4%
2002 25.1% 23.3%
2001 22.7% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.7 percentage points from 19.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 29.2%, the figure has changed by −4.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices