Gabon - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Gabon was $3,819,771,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $6,007,648,000 in 2011 and ($664,152,700) in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $2,183,966
1961 ($756,247)
1962 $1,728,995
1963 $2,640,582
1964 $12,812,220
1965 $13,466,040
1966 $407,077
1967 $0
1968 ($2,423,569)
1969 $1,923,369
1970 $37,987,990
1971 $53,384,980
1972 $3,571,315
1973 $8,524,505
1974 $220,602,300
1975 $34,995,560
1976 ($15,484,380)
1977 $9,361,783
1978 $354,522,100
1979 $638,863,000
1980 $1,416,133,000
1981 $875,496,800
1982 $793,350,700
1983 $603,045,100
1984 $672,835,600
1985 $176,733,900
1986 ($664,152,700)
1987 ($82,851,820)
1988 ($194,058,600)
1989 $192,471,500
1990 $903,532,200
1991 $755,975,500
1992 $686,872,200
1993 $623,790,100
1994 $981,682,400
1995 $1,172,237,000
1996 $1,688,601,000
1997 $1,282,258,000
1998 ($52,100,870)
1999 $1,002,243,000
2000 $1,847,387,000
2001 $1,251,388,000
2002 $1,091,565,000
2003 $1,533,961,000
2004 $2,199,809,000
2005 $3,456,294,000
2006 $3,355,873,000
2007 $3,976,356,000
2008 $5,512,344,000
2009 $2,524,360,000
2010 $3,761,210,000
2011 $6,007,648,000
2012 $5,075,225,000
2013 $4,237,016,000
2014 $2,825,521,000
2015 $2,605,390,000
2016 $2,515,509,000
2017 $3,789,816,000
2018 $5,323,590,000
2019 $4,966,822,000
2020 $3,819,771,000

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Gabon was 2,198,610,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,956,970,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of -230,000,000,000 in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 535,497,700
1961 -185,477,100
1962 423,627,800
1963 646,985,700
1964 3,139,342,000
1965 3,300,000,000
1966 100,010,000
1967 0
1968 -599,990,000
1969 500,000,000
1970 10,500,000,000
1971 14,699,900,000
1972 900,070,000
1973 1,900,020,000
1974 53,100,000,000
1975 7,500,000,000
1976 -3,700,000,000
1977 2,300,000,000
1978 80,000,000,000
1979 135,900,000,000
1980 299,200,000,000
1981 237,900,000,000
1982 260,700,000,000
1983 229,800,000,000
1984 294,000,000,000
1985 79,400,000,000
1986 -230,000,000,000
1987 -24,900,000,000
1988 -57,800,000,000
1989 61,400,000,000
1990 246,000,000,000
1991 213,266,000,000
1992 181,809,000,000
1993 218,086,000,000
1994 545,035,000,000
1995 585,120,000,000
1996 863,808,000,000
1997 748,415,000,000
1998 -30,737,000,000
1999 617,080,000,000
2000 1,312,030,000,000
2001 916,514,000,000
2002 757,233,000,000
2003 889,540,000,000
2004 1,160,040,000,000
2005 1,822,360,000,000
2006 1,753,190,000,000
2007 1,903,220,000,000
2008 2,458,510,000,000
2009 1,187,190,000,000
2010 1,861,030,000,000
2011 2,831,100,000,000
2012 2,591,190,000,000
2013 2,092,660,000,000
2014 1,395,120,000,000
2015 1,540,340,000,000
2016 1,490,700,000,000
2017 2,200,580,000,000
2018 2,956,970,000,000
2019 2,910,120,000,000
2020 2,198,610,000,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Gabon was -987,902,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 916,514,000,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of -1,510,590,000,000 in 2019.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2001 916,514,000,000
2002 681,314,000,000
2003 839,179,000,000
2004 836,200,000,000
2005 897,469,000,000
2006 554,960,000,000
2007 564,496,000,000
2008 265,690,000,000
2009 234,474,000,000
2010 340,435,400
2011 -158,386,000,000
2012 -455,889,000,000
2013 -529,095,000,000
2014 -729,531,000,000
2015 -237,318,000,000
2016 -146,233,000,000
2017 114,719,000,000
2018 -988,559,000,000
2019 -1,510,590,000,000
2020 -987,902,000,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Gabon was 24.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.36 in 2000, while its lowest value was -19.51 in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.54
1961 -0.45
1962 0.95
1963 1.71
1964 5.94
1965 5.95
1966 0.17
1967 0.00
1968 -0.82
1969 0.60
1970 11.73
1971 13.99
1972 0.83
1973 1.18
1974 14.29
1975 1.62
1976 -0.51
1977 0.33
1978 14.84
1979 21.08
1980 33.09
1981 22.67
1982 21.93
1983 17.78
1984 18.89
1985 5.29
1986 -19.51
1987 -2.52
1988 -5.06
1989 4.60
1990 15.18
1991 13.99
1992 12.28
1993 14.25
1994 23.42
1995 23.64
1996 29.66
1997 24.07
1998 -1.16
1999 21.49
2000 36.36
2001 24.91
2002 20.46
2003 23.56
2004 28.31
2005 36.07
2006 32.49
2007 31.92
2008 35.40
2009 20.84
2010 26.17
2011 32.99
2012 29.56
2013 24.08
2014 15.52
2015 18.11
2016 17.94
2017 25.38
2018 31.56
2019 29.43
2020 24.94

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts