External debt — all countries

External debt — Gabon

External debt in Gabon in 2024 — 6,816,627,454 US$. Ranked 44 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 6,465.7%.

2024 6.82B US$ −10.02% vs 2023
World rank 44of 118
Period maximum 7.99B US$2022
Period minimum 104M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

External debt — Gabon, 1970–202402B4B6B8B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 103,822,382 US$1971: 145,538,294 US$1972: 229,636,307 US$1973: 396,230,224 US$1974: 528,014,043 US$1975: 882,643,165 US$1976: 1,234,281,993 US$1977: 1,476,400,117 US$1978: 1,512,811,250 US$1979: 1,722,573,960 US$1980: 1,514,020,948 US$1981: 1,135,600,330 US$1982: 1,000,623,472 US$1983: 914,890,557 US$1984: 919,426,013 US$1985: 1,206,162,951 US$1986: 1,943,574,170 US$1987: 2,618,902,682 US$1988: 2,844,956,365 US$1989: 3,350,495,574 US$1990: 3,982,877,605 US$1991: 4,222,977,720 US$1992: 3,850,442,852 US$1993: 3,862,504,190 US$1994: 4,173,198,026 US$1995: 4,362,737,008 US$1996: 4,313,553,815 US$1997: 4,282,600,648 US$1998: 4,430,828,796 US$1999: 4,006,728,294 US$2000: 3,930,290,529 US$2001: 3,447,234,061 US$2002: 3,517,028,369 US$2003: 3,806,803,406 US$2004: 4,111,417,357 US$2005: 3,982,408,562 US$2006: 4,367,730,175 US$2007: 5,131,344,448 US$2008: 2,487,040,013 US$2009: 2,711,428,131 US$2010: 2,914,864,858 US$2011: 3,182,959,184 US$2012: 3,241,048,493 US$2013: 4,822,851,464 US$2014: 4,646,619,426 US$2015: 5,131,574,603 US$2016: 5,386,777,814 US$2017: 6,578,650,827 US$2018: 6,896,066,351 US$2019: 7,291,337,258 US$2020: 7,729,911,668 US$2021: 7,833,664,603 US$2022: 7,990,531,657 US$2023: 7,576,008,899 US$2024: 6,816,627,454 US$
Change over the period: +6.71B (+6,465.66%) Average annual rate: 8.06 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 6.82B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 903B US$
Middle Africa computed 105B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 6.82B −759M −10.02%
2023 7.58B −415M −5.19%
2022 7.99B +157M +2%
2021 7.83B +104M +1.34%
2020 7.73B +439M +6.02%
2019 7.29B +395M +5.73%
2018 6.9B +317M +4.82%
2017 6.58B +1.19B +22.13%
2016 5.39B +255M +4.97%
2015 5.13B +485M +10.44%
2014 4.65B −176M −3.65%
2013 4.82B +1.58B +48.81%
2012 3.24B +58.09M +1.83%
2011 3.18B +268M +9.2%
2010 2.91B +203M +7.5%
2009 2.71B +224M +9.02%
2008 2.49B −2.64B −51.53%
2007 5.13B +764M +17.48%
2006 4.37B +385M +9.68%
2005 3.98B −129M −3.14%
2004 4.11B +305M +8%
2003 3.81B +290M +8.24%
2002 3.52B +69.79M +2.02%
2001 3.45B −483M −12.29%
2000 3.93B −76.44M −1.91%
1999 4.01B −424M −9.57%
1998 4.43B +148M +3.46%
1997 4.28B −30.95M −0.72%
1996 4.31B −49.18M −1.13%
1995 4.36B +190M +4.54%
1994 4.17B +311M +8.04%
1993 3.86B +12.06M +0.31%
1992 3.85B −373M −8.82%
1991 4.22B +240M +6.03%
1990 3.98B +632M +18.87%
1989 3.35B +506M +17.77%
1988 2.84B +226M +8.63%
1987 2.62B +675M +34.75%
1986 1.94B +737M +61.14%
1985 1.21B +287M +31.19%
1984 919M +4.54M +0.5%
1983 915M −85.73M −8.57%
1982 1B −135M −11.89%
1981 1.14B −378M −24.99%
1980 1.51B −209M −12.11%
1979 1.72B +210M +13.87%
1978 1.51B +36.41M +2.47%
1977 1.48B +242M +19.62%
1976 1.23B +352M +39.84%
1975 883M +355M +67.16%
1974 528M +132M +33.26%
1973 396M +167M +72.55%
1972 230M +84.1M +57.78%
1971 146M +41.72M +40.18%
1970 104M

About the indicator

Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.

Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.

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