Gabon: Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2015, Gabon's imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) fell 23.6% on 2014 (from US$6.89 billion to US$5.26 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2014), the average change was +4.2% and a typical year strayed about 11.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 27.9% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 23.6% in 2015. 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 26% 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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What this measures

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. Primary income represents the return that accrues to institutional units for their contribution to the production process or for the provision of financial assets and renting natural resources to other institutional units. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 37 values

Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$30.69 billion (2025)
• Benin — US$6.72 billion (2023)
• Botswana — US$7.97 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — US$8.75 billion (2024)
• Burundi — US$1.56 billion (2025)
• Cabo Verde — US$1.74 billion (2025)
• Cameroon — US$11.51 billion (2024)
• Comoros — US$511.75 million (2023)
• Congo, Dem. 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 imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)?

US$5.26 billion in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is up 285.22% from US$1.37 billion in 1978 (3.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$7.73 billion in 2012 and the lowest US$1.37 billion in 1978.

Is the latest change in imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) unusual for Gabon?

In 2015, Gabon's imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) fell 23.6% on 2014 (from US$6.89 billion to US$5.26 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2014), the average change was +4.2% and a typical year strayed about 11.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.TOTL.CD, 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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