Gabon: Tax revenue (current LCU)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 7.37% from 953.07 billion in 2016 (1.43% a year on average, compounded). Since 2012 it is down 16.98% from 1.23 trillion in 2012 (2.05% a year on average, compounded).

What the numbers say

In 2021, Gabon's tax revenue (current LCU) fell 6.7% on 2020 (from 1.1 trillion to 1.02 trillion).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2020), the average change was −0.8% and a typical year strayed about 12.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 18.6% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.6% 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 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is downward, about 33.2 billion a year. A straight line explains 39% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Gabon in the 2021 ranking

• Cameroon — 1st of 9: 2.83 trillion
• Bangladesh — 2nd of 9: 2.7 trillion
• Burundi — 3rd of 9: 1.03 trillion
• Congo, Rep. — 5th of 9: 535.13 billion
• Peru — 6th of 9: 139.86 billion
• Central African Republic — 7th of 9: 114.52 billion

What this measures

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

All 10 values

Tax revenue (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Angola — 7.89 trillion (2024)
• Botswana — 59.18 billion (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 2.62 trillion (2024)
• Burundi — 1.03 trillion (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 32.42 billion (2020)
• Cameroon — 2.83 trillion (2021)
• Central African Republic — 114.52 billion (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 15.07 trillion (2022)
• Congo, Rep. — 535.13 billion (2021)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 6.39 trillion (2023)
• Equatorial Guinea — 563.15 billion (2022)

More public sector data for Gabon

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 356.11 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 207.07 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.66% (2025)
• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 6 million (2024)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 7,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 6.45% (2025)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 60 (2024)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 62.39 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Gabon's tax revenue (current LCU)?

1.02 trillion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2012?

It is down 16.98% from 1.23 trillion in 2012 (2.05% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.4 trillion in 2013 and the lowest 953.07 billion in 2016.

Is the latest change in tax revenue (current LCU) unusual for Gabon?

In 2021, Gabon's tax revenue (current LCU) fell 6.7% on 2020 (from 1.1 trillion to 1.02 trillion). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2020), the average change was −0.8% and a typical year strayed about 12.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance 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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