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Current account balance (World Bank) — Gabon

Current account balance (World Bank) in Gabon in 2015 — 0.98%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 188. Since 1978, the indicator has fallen by 2.11 pp.

2015 0.98% −5.13 pp vs 2014
World rank 51of 188
Period maximum 24.59%2008
Period minimum -31.07%1986

Trend over time

1978–2015 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Gabon, 1978–2015-40-200204019781982198619901994199820022006201020141978: 3.09%1979: 8.17%1980: 8.97%1981: 10.44%1982: 8.55%1983: 2.89%1984: 3.16%1985: -4.87%1986: -31.07%1987: -13.68%1988: -16.05%1989: -4.59%1990: 2.82%1991: 1.38%1992: -3.01%1993: -1.12%1994: 7.57%1995: 10.38%1996: 15.61%1997: 9.98%1998: -13.28%1999: 8.37%2000: 19.7%2001: 10.3%2002: 6.34%2003: 11.76%2004: 11.9%2005: 20.69%2007: 22.06%2008: 24.59%2009: 6.64%2010: 17.07%2011: 14.3%2012: 11.52%2013: 8.31%2014: 6.11%2015: 0.98%
Change over the period: −2.11 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gabon

Gabon 0.98%
World computed 0.13%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -5.64%
Middle Africa computed -8.66%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.35%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 0.98 −5.13 pp
2014 6.11 −2.2 pp
2013 8.31 −3.21 pp
2012 11.52 −2.78 pp
2011 14.3 −2.77 pp
2010 17.07 +10.43 pp
2009 6.64 −17.96 pp
2008 24.59 +2.53 pp
2007 22.06 —
2005 20.69 +8.8 pp
2004 11.9 +0.14 pp
2003 11.76 +5.43 pp
2002 6.34 −3.96 pp
2001 10.3 −9.4 pp
2000 19.7 +11.33 pp
1999 8.37 +21.66 pp
1998 -13.28 −23.26 pp
1997 9.98 −5.63 pp
1996 15.61 +5.23 pp
1995 10.38 +2.81 pp
1994 7.57 +8.69 pp
1993 -1.12 +1.89 pp
1992 -3.01 −4.39 pp
1991 1.38 −1.43 pp
1990 2.82 +7.41 pp
1989 -4.59 +11.46 pp
1988 -16.05 −2.37 pp
1987 -13.68 +17.38 pp
1986 -31.07 −26.2 pp
1985 -4.87 −8.03 pp
1984 3.16 +0.28 pp
1983 2.89 −5.66 pp
1982 8.55 −1.89 pp
1981 10.44 +1.47 pp
1980 8.97 +0.8 pp
1979 8.17 +5.08 pp
1978 3.09 —

Middle Africa, 2015

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GA Gabon 0.98 CM Cameroon -3.64 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo -3.69 AO Angola -10.02 ST Sao Tome and Principe -26.42 CG Republic of the Congo -37.24
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About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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