Gabon — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Gabon, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Gabon was 2.47% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 39.49% in 1974. The lowest was -24.05% in 1978 (about -9.7× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.75% per year.
Gabon ranks 132 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Gabon sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 94% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 36%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 39 of 47 economies; Lesotho (1.98%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 5340% in 2010. That is 23% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 2nd of 107 in 1961 → 30th of 119 in 1970 → 79th of 152 in 1980 → 53rd of 176 in 1990 → 187th of 199 in 2000 → 44th of 209 in 2010 → 64th of 209 in 2020 → 121st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.47% | -0.9 pp |
| 2024 | 3.39% | +1.0 pp |
| 2023 | 2.44% | -0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 3.04% | +1.6 pp |
| 2021 | 1.47% | +3.3 pp |
| 2020 | -1.84% | -5.8 pp |
| 2019 | 3.92% | +3.1 pp |
| 2018 | 0.84% | +0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 0.47% | -1.6 pp |
| 2016 | 2.09% | -1.8 pp |
| 2015 | 3.88% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 4.31% | -1.3 pp |
| 2013 | 5.64% | +0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 5.25% | -1.8 pp |
| 2011 | 7.09% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 7.09% | +7.0 pp |
| 2009 | 0.13% | +3.4 pp |
| 2008 | -3.31% | -9.3 pp |
| 2007 | 6.01% | +8.8 pp |
| 2006 | -2.81% | -5.5 pp |
| 2005 | 2.68% | +2.0 pp |
| 2004 | 0.69% | -1.6 pp |
| 2003 | 2.25% | +2.5 pp |
| 2002 | -0.25% | -2.4 pp |
| 2001 | 2.14% | +4.0 pp |
| 2000 | -1.88% | +7.0 pp |
| 1999 | -8.93% | -12.4 pp |
| 1998 | 3.48% | -2.3 pp |
| 1997 | 5.74% | +2.1 pp |
| 1996 | 3.63% | -1.3 pp |
| 1995 | 4.97% | +1.3 pp |
| 1994 | 3.71% | -0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 3.95% | +7.0 pp |
| 1992 | -3.09% | -9.2 pp |
| 1991 | 6.11% | +0.9 pp |
| 1990 | 5.19% | -3.4 pp |
| 1989 | 8.55% | -4.3 pp |
| 1988 | 12.85% | +30.0 pp |
| 1987 | -17.15% | -16.3 pp |
| 1986 | -0.8% | +1.5 pp |
| 1985 | -2.33% | -9.8 pp |
| 1984 | 7.51% | +1.9 pp |
| 1983 | 5.61% | +8.7 pp |
| 1982 | -3.1% | -8.2 pp |
| 1981 | 5.1% | +2.5 pp |
| 1980 | 2.55% | +2.1 pp |
| 1979 | 0.47% | +24.5 pp |
| 1978 | -24.05% | -11.5 pp |
| 1977 | -12.58% | -48.2 pp |
| 1976 | 35.63% | +16.4 pp |
| 1975 | 19.19% | -20.3 pp |
| 1974 | 39.49% | +29.3 pp |
| 1973 | 10.18% | -1.2 pp |
| 1972 | 11.34% | +1.1 pp |
| 1971 | 10.26% | +1.6 pp |
| 1970 | 8.68% | +0.6 pp |
| 1969 | 8.08% | +5.6 pp |
| 1968 | 2.51% | -1.6 pp |
| 1967 | 4.12% | -0.4 pp |
| 1966 | 4.51% | -3.8 pp |
| 1965 | 8.33% | +3.8 pp |
| 1964 | 4.55% | -1.5 pp |
| 1963 | 6.09% | -1.4 pp |
| 1962 | 7.45% | -7.3 pp |
| 1961 | 14.77% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Gabon’s GDP growth in 1962?
7.45% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Gabon’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -83.3% in total — about 2.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.47%; 2024: 3.39%; 2023: 2.44%; 2022: 3.04%; 2021: 1.47%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.