Gabon

Inflation in Gabon

Inflation in Gabon: 12.3% a year in 1980 and 1.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.8% a year
Since 1980
−10.6 percentage points
Rank, 2025
125 of 179
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
2.2% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

Inflation in GabonInflation in Gabon: 12.3% a year in 1980 and 1.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.2% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.2% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 36.1% a year in 1994, the lowest -9.8% a year in 1991.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearGabon
20251.8
20241.2
20233.6
20224.3
20211.1
20201.3
20192.4
20184.8
20172.7
20162.1
2015-0.1
20144.5
20130.5
20122.7
20111.3
20101.4
20091.9
20085.3
20075
2006-1.4
20051.2
20040.4
20032.1
20020.2
20012.1
20000.5
1999-1.9
19981.4
19974
19960.7
19959.6
199436.1
19930.5
1992-9.5
1991-9.8
199015.4
19896.9
1988-9.8
1987-1
19866.4
19857.3
19845.9
198310.4
198216.7
19818.6
198012.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGabon
20260.8
20271.9
20282.1
20292.1
20302.1
20312.2

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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