Gabon: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2015, Gabon's public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 2.45 percentage points on 2014 (from 6.06% to 8.51%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2014), the average change was −0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 16.64 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.1 percentage points in 2009. 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 16% 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

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

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

All 37 values

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Angola — 26.22% (2024)
• Benin — 15.65% (2023)
• Botswana — 4.32% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 4.19% (2024)
• Burundi — 5.54% (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 10.66% (2024)
• Cameroon — 15.84% (2024)
• Comoros

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 public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

8.51% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is down 9.94 percentage points from 18.45% in 1978. The highest value was 28.24% in 2008 and the lowest 2.63% in 1993.

Is the latest change in public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Gabon?

In 2015, Gabon's public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 2.45 percentage points on 2014 (from 6.06% to 8.51%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2014), the average change was −0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 DT.TDS.DPPG.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics 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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