Gabon

Official Name:	The Gabonese Republic
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republique Gabonaise
ISO Country Codes:	GA : GAB
Internet Domain:	.ga
Government Web Site:	http://www.gouvernement.ga/

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Capital:	Libreville	Main Airports:	Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport
Language(s):	French	Population:	2,284,912
Currency:	CFA Franc BEAC	ISO Currency Code:	XAF
Telephone Dial In:	+241	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; African Union; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Lonely Planet;

News Resources:

News Agency

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Agence Gabonaise de Presse;

AllAfrica;

Newspaper

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Gabon Actu;

Gabo News;

GL9news.com;

http://gabonreview.com/;

L'Union;

Radio

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Africa No1 ;

Gabon

Government Website:	http://www.gouvernement.ga/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/gabon
Central Bank:	Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	605.3 Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	28% (2015 est.)
Population below poverty line:	34.3% (2015 est.)
Inflation Rate:	2.4% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	15% (31-Dec-17 - Photius)
GDP:	$16.064 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$14,950 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	CFA Franc BEAC
Currency Code:	XAF
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	4.5%	cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish
Industry:	46.4%	petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, gold; chemicals, ship repair, food and beverages, textiles, lumbering and plywood, cement
Services:	49.1%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

African Development Bank; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic Commission for Africa; UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

African Development Bank; Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bourse des valeurs Mobilières de l'Afrique Centrale ;

National Statistics Office:

Direction Generale de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques;

National Dataset(s):

Trading Economics;

Gabon

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	French
Customs & Excise:	Douanes Gabonaises
Development Bank(s):	African Development Bank; Islamic Development Bank;

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 119/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 129/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 169/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 129/136 (2016)
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