Gabon's GNI per capita (current LCU) was 4.69 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 22.72% from 3.82 million in 2015 (2.07% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.69 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.64 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.82 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.78 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | 64,513 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 4.22 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 64,513 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Gabon's GNI per capita (current LCU) fell 90,568 on 2024 (from 4.78 million to 4.69 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +96,868 and a typical year strayed about 338,191 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 667,629 in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 681,598 in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 110,590 a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Gabon had the 22nd highest value of the 181 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Gabon in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.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 66 values
| Year | GNI per capita (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,688,325 |
| 2024 | 4,778,893 |
| 2023 | 4,347,539 |
| 2022 | 4,668,864 |
| 2021 | 4,267,849 |
| 2020 | 3,642,736 |
| 2019 | 4,106,747 |
| 2018 | 4,046,165 |
| 2017 | 3,767,986 |
| 2016 | 3,871,365 |
| 2015 |
GNI per capita (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 3.18 million (2025)
- Benin — 953,995 (2025)
- Botswana — 101,272 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 628,558 (2025)
- Burundi — 1.24 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 559,911 (2025)
- Cameroon — 1.13 million (2025)
- Central African Republic — 342,236 (2025)
- Chad — 567,980 (2025)
- Comoros — 901,810 (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 2.08 million (2025)
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$5.93 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 2.77 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Gabon's GNI per capita (current LCU)?
- 4.69 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 7,167% from 64,513 in 1960 (6.82% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.78 million in 2024 and the lowest 64,513 in 1960.
- How does Gabon rank?
- 22nd highest of 181 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GNI per capita (current LCU) unusual for Gabon?
- In 2025, Gabon's GNI per capita (current LCU) fell 90,568 on 2024 (from 4.78 million to 4.69 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +96,868 and a typical year strayed about 338,191 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNP.PCAP.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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