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Gabon Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Gabon › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Gabon indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc
Currency Symbol: XAF

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Gabon , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Gabon in year 2010 is 11.81 %

This makes Gabon No. 12 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Gabon is 14.49 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Gabon was 7.87 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Gabon in 2010 was or will be 50.06% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Gabon was or will be 16.97 %, which is 43.73% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Gabon, in other Years
Year %
  2016 5.869
  2015 8.45
  2014 9.619
  2013 10.367
  2012 15.259
  2011 16.974
2010 11.81
  2009 7.87
  2008 23.718
  2007 17.254
  2006 15.557
  2005 22.883
  2004 11.152
  2003 9.486
  2002 6.854
  2001 10.978
  2000 19.753
  1999 8.372
  1998 -13.843
  1997 9.975
  1996 15.606
  1995 9.368
  1994 8.01
  1993 -1.071
  1992 -4.037
  1991 1.683
  1990 2.521
  1989 -4.235
  1988 -15.714
  1987 -7.664
  1986 -20.643
  1985 10.65
  1984 19.067
  1983 13.015
  1982 14.189
  1981 16.592
  1980 29.099