Gabon Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Gabon GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 1.498 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.241 USD bn for 2016. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 104.958 USD mn from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2017, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.498 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of -489.086 USD mn in 1996. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 703.19 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Gabon GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 10.244 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.855 % for 2016. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.481 % from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2017, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.244 % in 2017 and a record low of -8.589 % in 1996. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 4.95 2016 | yearly | 1978 - 2016 |
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Gabon GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at -83.709 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 45.300 USD mn for 2016. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 7.051 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 44 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 374.865 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of -225.314 USD mn in 2013. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -168.38 2016 | yearly | 1974 - 2016 |
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Gabon GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at -0.572 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.323 % for 2016. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.189 % from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 44 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.862 % in 1999 and a record low of -1.281 % in 2013. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -1.18 2016 | yearly | 1974 - 2016 |
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Gabon GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2015. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 116.431 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 764.732 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2016. GA: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Gabon GA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
GA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 24.760 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 28.230 USD mn for 2015. GA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 25.500 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 146.820 USD mn in 1994 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1961. GA: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 24.76 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Gabon GA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
GA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 25.290 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 24.240 USD mn for 2015. GA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 28.550 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.410 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 0.020 USD mn in 1960. GA: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Gabon – Table GA.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 25.29 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |