Gabon: Changes in inventories (current LCU)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is down 100% from 1.4 billion in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 107.28 billion in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 98 billion in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

What this measures

Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 47 values

Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Angola — 15.59 billion (2024)
• Benin — 56.5 billion (2025)
• Botswana — 2.51 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 74.62 billion (2025)
• Cameroon — 233.9 billion (2024)
• Central African Republic — -97.75 billion (2025)
• Chad — 495.84 billion (2025)
• Comoros — 7.91 billion (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.98 trillion (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 28.87 billion (2025)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More economic policy & debt data for Gabon

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.39 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.39 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.91 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 992.1 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 11.16% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$5.93 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 2.77 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Gabon's changes in inventories (current LCU)?

0 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 100% from 1.4 billion in 1970. The highest value was 93 billion in 1976 and the lowest -174.88 billion in 2011.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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