Gabon — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Gabon, 1963–2025.
Inflation for Gabon was 1.77% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 63 years, from 1963 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 36.12% in 1994. The lowest was -11.69% in 1991 (about -6.6× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.23% per year.
Gabon ranks 134 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Gabon sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 622%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 35 of 46 economies; Mauritania (1.55%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 6667% in 1994. That is 22% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1963 level: doubled by 1975.
World ranking. Slipped: 9th of 68 in 1963 → 52nd of 92 in 1970 → 63rd of 106 in 1980 → 69th of 131 in 1990 → 143rd of 163 in 2000 → 145th of 186 in 2010 → 103rd of 178 in 2020 → 118th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1963 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.77% | +0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 1.17% | -2.5 pp |
| 2023 | 3.63% | -0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 4.23% | +3.1 pp |
| 2021 | 1.09% | -0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 1.35% | -1.1 pp |
| 2019 | 2.46% | -2.3 pp |
| 2018 | 4.75% | +2.1 pp |
| 2017 | 2.65% | +0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 2.11% | +2.4 pp |
| 2015 | -0.34% | -5.0 pp |
| 2014 | 4.69% | +4.2 pp |
| 2013 | 0.51% | -2.1 pp |
| 2012 | 2.65% | +1.4 pp |
| 2011 | 1.26% | -0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 1.46% | -0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 1.89% | -3.4 pp |
| 2008 | 5.26% | +0.2 pp |
| 2007 | 5.03% | +6.4 pp |
| 2006 | -1.41% | -5.1 pp |
| 2005 | 3.71% | +3.3 pp |
| 2004 | 0.41% | -1.8 pp |
| 2003 | 2.24% | +2.2 pp |
| 2002 | 0.04% | -2.1 pp |
| 2001 | 2.14% | +1.6 pp |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +2.4 pp |
| 1999 | -1.94% | -3.4 pp |
| 1998 | 1.45% | -2.5 pp |
| 1997 | 3.97% | +3.3 pp |
| 1996 | 0.69% | -9.0 pp |
| 1995 | 9.65% | -26.5 pp |
| 1994 | 36.12% | +35.6 pp |
| 1993 | 0.53% | +10.1 pp |
| 1992 | -9.54% | +2.1 pp |
| 1991 | -11.69% | -19.4 pp |
| 1990 | 7.73% | +1.0 pp |
| 1989 | 6.74% | +15.5 pp |
| 1988 | -8.78% | -7.8 pp |
| 1987 | -0.95% | -7.2 pp |
| 1986 | 6.29% | -1.1 pp |
| 1985 | 7.35% | +1.5 pp |
| 1984 | 5.86% | -4.8 pp |
| 1983 | 10.67% | -6.0 pp |
| 1982 | 16.69% | +8.0 pp |
| 1981 | 8.71% | -3.6 pp |
| 1980 | 12.34% | +4.4 pp |
| 1979 | 7.95% | -2.8 pp |
| 1978 | 10.76% | -3.1 pp |
| 1977 | 13.85% | -6.3 pp |
| 1976 | 20.17% | -8.3 pp |
| 1975 | 28.45% | +16.4 pp |
| 1974 | 12.07% | +5.9 pp |
| 1973 | 6.21% | +2.7 pp |
| 1972 | 3.49% | -0.4 pp |
| 1971 | 3.86% | +0.1 pp |
| 1970 | 3.81% | +0.8 pp |
| 1969 | 2.98% | +0.6 pp |
| 1968 | 2.34% | +0.4 pp |
| 1967 | 1.98% | -1.7 pp |
| 1966 | 3.64% | +1.2 pp |
| 1965 | 2.44% | -0.9 pp |
| 1964 | 3.33% | -3.8 pp |
| 1963 | 7.16% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Gabon’s Inflation in 1964?
3.33% (1964). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1963 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -75.3% in total — about 2.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 1.77%; 2024: 1.17%; 2023: 3.63%; 2022: 4.23%; 2021: 1.09%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.