Gabon
General information
Capital: Libreville
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French
Area: 257,670 km²
Population in million: 2,119,280.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 7,953
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 17,876
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 52.1
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.6 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 32.7 %
Life expectancy at birth: 65.8 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 85 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 16,853,600,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 5.4
Industry value added of GDP: 48.8
Services value added of GDP: 0.7
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 4,888,590.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 2,104,710.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Wood sheets for veneering (1.53 %)
Fibreboard of wood (0.52 %)
Surveying hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments (0.03 %)
Ferro-alloys (0.00 %)
Garments (0.00 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Wood in the rough (3.32 %)
Wood sawn (1.99 %)
Natural rubber (0.71 %)
Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (0.23 %)
Railway or tramway sleepers (0.08 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| Gabon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | - | |
| National attractiveness Gabon: 51 | 51 | |
| Price competitiveness Gabon: 44 | 44 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Gabon: 89 | 89 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Gabon: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2018 | Gabon | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 51 | |
| Infrastructures Gabon: 58 | 58 | |
| Market Gabon: 50 | 50 | |
| Human and financial capital Gabon: 43 | 43 | |
| Political and economic governance Gabon: 39 | 39 |
Price competitiveness
| Gabon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 44 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Gabon: - | - | |
| Products competitiveness Gabon: - | - |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2018 | Gabon | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 89 | |
| Economical vulnerability Gabon: 28 | 28 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Gabon: 43 | 43 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Gabon: 10 | 10 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Gabon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Gabon: 101 | 101 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Gabon: >2,000 | >2,000 |