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Gabon : economy statistics and industry reports
- Updated on : 27 August 2012 Source : The World Factbook
Imports
$3.194 billion (2011 est.)$2.5 billion (2010 est.)
Exports
$10.86 billion (2011 est.)$9.371 billion (2010 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
1.2% (2011 est.)1.5% (2010 est.)
Unemployment rate
21% (2006 est.)GDP - per capita (PPP)
$16,400 (2011 est.)$15,700 (2010 est.)
$15,000 (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
National product real growth rate
5.4% (2010 est.)-1.4% (2009 est.)
2.3% (2008 est.)
Internet users
98,800 (2009)Telephones - mobile cellular
1.61 million (2009)Population growth rate
1.977% (2012 est.)Population
1,608,321 (July 2012 est.)note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
About this country
Historical background
El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world - dominated the country's political scene for four decades (1967-2009) following independence from France in 1960.
President BONGO introduced a nominal multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990s.
However, allegations of electoral fraud during local elections in 2002-03 and the presidential elections in 2005 exposed the weaknesses of formal political structures in Gabon.
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Economic overview
Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most sub-Saharan African nations, but because of high income inequality, a large proportion of the population remains poor.
Gabon depended on timber and manganese until oil was discovered offshore in the early 1970s.
The oil sector now accounts for more than 50% of GDP although the industry is in decline as fields pass their peak production.
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