Gabon's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) was US$114 million in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 58.33% from US$72 million in 2005 (4.7% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$114 million | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | US$184 million | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | US$72 million | 2005 |
| Highest | US$184 million | 2010 |
| Lowest | US$31 million | 2001 |
| Average since 2007 | US$122.44 million | 2007–2015 |
| First recorded | US$45 million |
What the numbers say
In 2015, Gabon's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 1.8% on 2014 (from US$112 million to US$114 million).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2014), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 31% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 58.6% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 68.7% in 2001. 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 less than 1% 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 | US$114 million | 2015 |
| World | US$249.92 billion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$11.91 billion | 2019 |
What this measures
International tourism expenditures for passenger transport items are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries for all services provided during international transportation by nonresident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 20 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 114,000,000 |
| 2014 | 112,000,000 |
| 2013 | 126,000,000 |
| 2012 | 127,000,000 |
| 2011 | 115,000,000 |
| 2010 | 184,000,000 |
| 2009 | 116,000,000 |
| 2008 | 109,000,000 |
| 2007 | 99,000,000 |
| 2006 | no data |
International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$76 million (2020)
- Benin — US$36 million (2019)
- Botswana — US$2.8 million (2020)
- Burkina Faso — US$70.6 million (2019)
- Cabo Verde — US$7 million (2020)
- Cameroon — US$144 million (2020)
- Comoros — US$12 million (2020)
- Congo, Rep. — US$206 million (2016)
More private sector & trade data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 72.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$4 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$11.6 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 67.88% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 29.08% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.00164% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$4.09 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Gabon's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)?
- US$114 million in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 153.33% from US$45 million in 1995 (4.76% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$184 million in 2010 and the lowest US$31 million in 2001.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Gabon?
- In 2015, Gabon's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 1.8% on 2014 (from US$112 million to US$114 million). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2014), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 31% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 ST.INT.TRNX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism 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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