Gabon: Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 3,158% from −US$143,354 in 2010. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2015, Gabon's portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) rose US$5.27 million on 2014 (from −US$889,941 to US$4.38 million).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1979 to 2014), the average change was +US$30,016 and a typical year strayed about US$1.93 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$6.4 million in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was US$5.79 million in 2011. 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 14% 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Gabon in the 2015 ranking

• Venezuela, RB — 1st of 2: US$5 million

What this measures

Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Limitations: Portfolio investors typically have less of a role in the decision making of the enterprise with potentially important implications for future flows and for the volatility of the price and volume of positions. Portfolio investment differs from other investment in that it provides a direct way to access financial markets, and thus it can provide liquidity and flexibility. It is associated with financial markets and with their specialized service providers, such as exchanges, dealers, and regulators. The nature of financial derivatives as instruments through which risk is traded in its own right in financial markets sets them apart from other types of investment.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 25 values

Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies

• Benin — US$431,778 (2023)
• Botswana — US$3.73 million (2025)
• Burkina Faso — US$38.23 million (2024)
• Burundi — US$19.23 million (2025)
• Cameroon — US$16,540 (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$5.02 million (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — US$31.82 million (2020)
• Côte d'Ivoire — US$26.74 million (2024)
• Eswatini — −US$13,881 (2024)
• Ghana

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 portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)?

US$4.38 million in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Is the latest change in portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) unusual for Gabon?

In 2015, Gabon's portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) rose US$5.27 million on 2014 (from −US$889,941 to US$4.38 million). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1979 to 2014), the average change was +US$30,016 and a typical year strayed about US$1.93 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.PEF.TOTL.CD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, 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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