Gabon's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) was 0.77% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.39 percentage points from 4.16% in 2005.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.77% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | 1.25% | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.16% | 2005 |
| Highest | 4.16% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 0.07% | 1998 |
| Average since 2007 | 0.82% | 2007–2015 |
| First recorded | 0.57% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2015, Gabon's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.6 percentage points on 2014 (from 0.17% to 0.77%).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2014), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 3.17 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.89 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2015 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 5% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 0.77% | 2015 |
| World | 15.71% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.39% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 12.74% | 2025 |
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Limitations: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 20 values
| Year | ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.7688 |
| 2014 | 0.1724 |
| 2013 | 0.7807 |
| 2012 | 1.67 |
| 2011 | 0.4127 |
| 2010 | 1.25 |
| 2009 | 0.3115 |
| 2008 | 0.6701 |
| 2007 | 1.38 |
| 2006 | no data |
| 2005 |
ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 17.44% (2025)
- Benin — 3.04% (2023)
- Botswana — 1.56% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 14.21% (2024)
- Burundi — 2.88% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 1.17% (2025)
- Cameroon — 10.48% (2024)
- Comoros — 11.69% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0.46% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 5.46% (2021)
More infrastructure data for Gabon
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 3.18 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 125.34 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 2,305 (2016)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 77,320 (2016)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 67,119 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 2.64 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 30.01% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 68.72% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 90.57 (2023)
- Rail lines (total route-km)
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Questions people ask
- What is Gabon's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 0.77% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 0.2 percentage points from 0.57% in 1995. The highest value was 4.16% in 2005 and the lowest 0.07% in 1998.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Gabon?
- In 2015, Gabon's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.6 percentage points on 2014 (from 0.17% to 0.77%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2014), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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