Services, value added in Gabon
Gabon: Services, value added was 42.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Gabon, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Gabon is 42.3%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Gabon peaked at 54.0% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 17.8%, in 1963.
Gabon ranks 180th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.7% | 17.8% | 39.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 34.6% | 28.4% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.6% | 26.7% | 54.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.0% | 37.5% | 49.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.7% | 29.0% | 38.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 25.6% | 42.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 33.4% | 44.8% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Gabon
- DEC alternative conversion factor 581.93 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 8.95 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 15.37 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 463.60 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 796.67 million current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -311.62 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -535.49 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 4.69 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 8,090 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 12.16 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Gabon?
- Services, value added in Gabon was 42.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 54.0% in 1988.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8% in 1963.
- How does Gabon rank for services, value added?
- Gabon ranks 180th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.