Economy · Nominal GDP · Gabon
Gabon’s nominal GDP rose to $21.4bn in 2025.
$21.4bn
2025
Up $0.53bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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$21.4bn
What it is. Nominal GDP adds up the value of all goods and services produced in Gabon in a year, at the prices of that year, and expresses the total in US dollars. Because it uses current prices and dollar values, price changes and exchange rates feed into it alongside the volume of output. It leaves out inflation adjustment, differences in the cost of living and how income is shared among people.
Higher is better. A higher figure means a larger economy in dollar terms, which gives households, firms and the state more income to spend, save and tax. The latest figure for 2025 is $21.4bn, up from $20.9bn a year earlier, a rise of $0.53bn or 2.5%. That is the highest level since 2016, when the series stood at its low of $14bn. The economy is now well above where the series began.
Why it matters. A larger dollar economy widens the base from which Gabonese firms earn revenue and the state collects taxes. A rise of 2.5% in a year is modest, so the extra $0.53bn adds only a little to what each household and business has to work with. Whether the 2025 high holds will show in the next annual reading.
| Period | Nominal GDP · Gabon |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $14bn |
| 2017 | $14.9bn |
| 2018 | $16.9bn |
| 2019 | $16.9bn |
| 2020 | $15.3bn |
| 2021 | $19.4bn |
| 2022 | $20.4bn |
| 2023 | $19.4bn |
| 2024 | $20.9bn |
| 2025 | $21.4bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Nominal GDP, Gabon, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/nominal-gdp/gabon
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Gross domestic product at current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.