Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Gabon

Trade balance in Gabon in 2025 — 5,591,039,310 US$. Ranked 34 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 255,904%.

2025 5.59B US$ −27.9% vs 2024
World rank 34of 138
Period maximum 8.81B US$2022
Period minimum -664M US$1986

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Gabon, 1960–2025-2.5B02.5B5B7.5B10B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,183,966 US$1962: 1,728,995 US$1964: 12,812,221 US$1966: 407,077 US$1968: -2,423,569 US$1970: 37,987,991 US$1972: 3,571,315 US$1974: 220,602,286 US$1976: -15,484,379 US$1978: 354,522,147 US$1980: 1,416,133,236 US$1982: 793,350,697 US$1984: 672,835,599 US$1986: -664,152,697 US$1988: -194,058,572 US$1990: 903,532,189 US$1992: 686,872,184 US$1994: 981,682,381 US$1996: 1,688,601,108 US$1998: -52,100,869 US$2000: 1,847,387,023 US$2002: 1,091,564,887 US$2004: 2,199,809,097 US$2006: 3,355,872,905 US$2008: 5,512,343,179 US$2010: 3,761,210,151 US$2012: 5,075,224,108 US$2014: 2,825,520,671 US$2016: 2,515,509,165 US$2018: 5,323,590,547 US$2020: 3,848,586,285 US$2022: 8,808,773,336 US$2024: 7,754,344,911 US$2025: 5,591,039,310 US$
Change over the period: +5.59B (+255,903.98%) Average annual rate: 12.83 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Gabon 5.59B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Middle Africa computed 19.84B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 855B US$
Trade balance — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 5.59B −2.16B −27.9%
2024 7.75B +779M +11.16%
2023 6.98B −1.83B −20.81%
2022 8.81B +1.71B +24.01%
2021 7.1B +3.25B +84.57%
2020 3.85B −1.12B −22.51%
2019 4.97B −357M −6.7%
2018 5.32B +1.53B +40.47%
2017 3.79B +1.27B +50.66%
2016 2.52B −89.88M −3.45%
2015 2.61B −220M −7.79%
2014 2.83B −1.41B −33.31%
2013 4.24B −838M −16.52%
2012 5.08B −932M −15.52%
2011 6.01B +2.25B +59.73%
2010 3.76B +1.24B +49%
2009 2.52B −2.99B −54.21%
2008 5.51B +1.54B +38.63%
2007 3.98B +620M +18.49%
2006 3.36B −100M −2.91%
2005 3.46B +1.26B +57.12%
2004 2.2B +666M +43.41%
2003 1.53B +442M +40.53%
2002 1.09B −160M −12.77%
2001 1.25B −596M −32.26%
2000 1.85B +845M +84.33%
1999 1B +1.05B +2,023.66%
1998 -52.1M −1.33B −104.06%
1997 1.28B −406M −24.06%
1996 1.69B +516M +44.05%
1995 1.17B +191M +19.41%
1994 982M +358M +57.37%
1993 624M −63.08M −9.18%
1992 687M −69.1M −9.14%
1991 756M −148M −16.33%
1990 904M +711M +369.44%
1989 192M +387M +199.18%
1988 -194M −111M −134.22%
1987 -82.85M +581M +87.53%
1986 -664M −841M −475.79%
1985 177M −496M −73.73%
1984 673M +69.79M +11.57%
1983 603M −190M −23.99%
1982 793M −82.15M −9.38%
1981 875M −541M −38.18%
1980 1.42B +777M +121.66%
1979 639M +284M +80.2%
1978 355M +345M +3,686.91%
1977 9.36M +24.85M +160.46%
1976 -15.48M −50.48M −144.25%
1975 35M −186M −84.14%
1974 221M +212M +2,487.86%
1973 8.52M +4.95M +138.69%
1972 3.57M −49.81M −93.31%
1971 53.38M +15.4M +40.53%
1970 37.99M +36.06M +1,875.08%
1969 1.92M +4.35M +179.36%
1968 -2.42M −2.42M
1967 0 −407,077 −100%
1966 407,077 −13.06M −96.98%
1965 13.47M +653,818 +5.1%
1964 12.81M +10.17M +385.2%
1963 2.64M +911,586 +52.72%
1962 1.73M +2.49M +328.63%
1961 -756,247 −2.94M −134.63%
1960 2.18M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

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