Gabon: Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Gabon's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) rose 11.02 percentage points on 2024 (from 62.89% to 73.91%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 26.41 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.9 percentage points in 1999. 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 downward, about 1.39 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 32% 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 126th highest value of the 130 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

• Malta — 123rd of 130: 80.8%
• Brunei Darussalam — 124th of 130: 80.25%
• Libya — 125th of 130: 77.48%
• Luxembourg — 127th of 130: 68.84%
• Singapore — 128th of 130: 63.83%
• Ireland — 129th of 130: 59.39%

What this measures

Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

All 56 values

Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 88.09% (2024)
• Benin — 103.01% (2025)
• Botswana — 106.41% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 95.02% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 111.38% (2025)
• Cameroon — 106.3% (2025)
• Central African Republic — 114.22% (2025)
• Chad — 87.3% (2025)
• Comoros — 122.29% (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 100.33% (2025)
• Congo, Rep.

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 gross national expenditure (% of GDP)?

73.91% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 14.36 percentage points from 88.27% in 1970. The highest value was 119.51% in 1986 and the lowest 56.91% in 2022.

How does Gabon rank?

126th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Gabon?

In 2025, Gabon's gross national expenditure (% of GDP) rose 11.02 percentage points on 2024 (from 62.89% to 73.91%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); 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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