Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon
Gabon: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon is 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon peaked at 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0134 million USD per square kilometre, in 1970.
Gabon ranks 165th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0134 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0148 million USD per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0164 million USD per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0181 million USD per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre | +39.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0301 million USD per square kilometre | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0408 million USD per square kilometre | +35.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0357 million USD per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0271 million USD per square kilometre | -24.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0272 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0279 million USD per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0293 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0284 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.03 million USD per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0323 million USD per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0315 million USD per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0313 million USD per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0259 million USD per square kilometre | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0292 million USD per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0317 million USD per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0334 million USD per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0354 million USD per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0343 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0352 million USD per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0371 million USD per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0389 million USD per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0403 million USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0427 million USD per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0439 million USD per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0393 million USD per square kilometre | -10.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0387 million USD per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0397 million USD per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0389 million USD per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0399 million USD per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0402 million USD per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0407 million USD per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0394 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0419 million USD per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0404 million USD per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0404 million USD per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0433 million USD per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0463 million USD per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0488 million USD per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0515 million USD per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0537 million USD per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0558 million USD per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.057 million USD per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0573 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0577 million USD per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.06 million USD per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0589 million USD per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0598 million USD per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0616 million USD per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre | +2.4% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4855 million USD per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.088 million USD per square kilometre, 72% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +39.5% | 0.0181 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0253 million USD per square kilometre |
| 1976 | +35.6% | 0.0301 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0408 million USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0249 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0134 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0408 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0298 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0259 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0323 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0381 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0334 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0439 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.04 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0387 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0419 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0531 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0433 million USD per square kilometre | 0.06 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0608 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0589 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 162 Lesotho 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 163 Bhutan 0.0719 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 164 Vanuatu 0.0697 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 166 Burkina Faso 0.0626 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 167 Zimbabwe 0.0598 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 168 Guinea 0.0597 million USD per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Gabon
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.8121 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.63 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -33.78 million BoP, current US$ (2019)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -14.9 BoP, current US$ per person (2019)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.14 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -0.5362 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0548 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 450.8 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -55.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Gabon was 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0134 million USD per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Gabon rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Gabon ranks 165th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.