Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Gabon

Imports (% of GDP) in Gabon in 2025 — 29.4%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.23 pp.

2025 29.4% +1.93 pp vs 2024
World rank 100of 138
Period maximum 72.26%1972
Period minimum 22%2019

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Gabon, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.63%1962: 30.77%1964: 35.95%1966: 39.57%1968: 49.25%1970: 37.99%1972: 72.26%1974: 43.26%1976: 46.1%1978: 46.92%1980: 31.63%1982: 39.67%1984: 40.2%1986: 54.7%1988: 41.79%1990: 30.86%1992: 33.79%1994: 38.25%1996: 33.01%1998: 48.57%2000: 32.67%2002: 32.15%2004: 26.73%2006: 28.08%2008: 26.8%2010: 31.49%2012: 31.39%2014: 29%2016: 26.1%2018: 22.74%2020: 22.51%2022: 24.48%2024: 27.47%2025: 29.4%
Change over the period: −3.23 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gabon 29.4%
World 28.5%
Middle Africa computed 25.33%
Imports (% of GDP) — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.4 +1.93 pp
2024 27.47 −0.28 pp
2023 27.75 +3.27 pp
2022 24.48 +0.08 pp
2021 24.41 +1.89 pp
2020 22.51 +0.52 pp
2019 22 −0.74 pp
2018 22.74 −2.1 pp
2017 24.84 −1.26 pp
2016 26.1 −1.82 pp
2015 27.92 −1.08 pp
2014 29 −4.28 pp
2013 33.28 +1.89 pp
2012 31.39 +2.64 pp
2011 28.75 −2.74 pp
2010 31.49 +0.16 pp
2009 31.33 +4.53 pp
2008 26.8 +0.2 pp
2007 26.6 −1.47 pp
2006 28.08 +4.14 pp
2005 23.94 −2.79 pp
2004 26.73 −1.64 pp
2003 28.37 −3.78 pp
2002 32.15 +2.79 pp
2001 29.36 −3.31 pp
2000 32.67 −5.45 pp
1999 38.12 −10.45 pp
1998 48.57 +11.34 pp
1997 37.23 +4.22 pp
1996 33.01 −2.74 pp
1995 35.75 −2.5 pp
1994 38.25 +3.7 pp
1993 34.55 +0.76 pp
1992 33.79 +0.52 pp
1991 33.27 +2.41 pp
1990 30.86 −10.34 pp
1989 41.2 −0.59 pp
1988 41.79 −3.43 pp
1987 45.22 −9.48 pp
1986 54.7 −2.58 pp
1985 57.28 +17.08 pp
1984 40.2 −3.34 pp
1983 43.54 +3.88 pp
1982 39.67 −1.03 pp
1981 40.7 +9.07 pp
1980 31.63 −5.77 pp
1979 37.4 −9.52 pp
1978 46.92 −4.34 pp
1977 51.26 +5.16 pp
1976 46.1 −1.8 pp
1975 47.9 +4.64 pp
1974 43.26 −14.41 pp
1973 57.67 −14.59 pp
1972 72.26 +19.93 pp
1971 52.33 +14.34 pp
1970 37.99 −16.06 pp
1969 54.05 +4.81 pp
1968 49.25 +1.19 pp
1967 48.05 +8.48 pp
1966 39.57 +2.27 pp
1965 37.3 +1.35 pp
1964 35.95 −9.44 pp
1963 45.39 +14.63 pp
1962 30.77 −0.89 pp
1961 31.66 −0.96 pp
1960 32.63

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

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