Editing Economy of Gabon (section)

==Statistics==
'''GDP - composition by sector:'''
<br>''agriculture:''
5.7%
<br>''industry:''
57.2%
<br>''services:''
37% (2008 est.)

'''Population below poverty line:'''
NA%

'''Household income or consumption by percentage share:'''
<br>''lowest 10%:''
NA%
<br>''highest 10%:''
NA%

'''Inflation rate (consumer prices):'''
5% (2008 est.)

'''Labour force:'''
592,000 (2008 est.)

'''Labour force - by occupation:'''
[[agriculture]] 60%, [[Tertiary sector of economic activity|services]] and [[Forms of government|government]] 25%, [[Industrial sector|industry]] and [[commerce]] 15% (2000 est.)

'''Unemployment rate:'''
21% (2006 est.)

'''Budget:'''
<br>''revenues:''
$4.46 billion
<br>''expenditures:''
$2.75 billion (2008 est.)

'''Industries:'''
[[food]] and [[beverage]]; [[textile]]; [[lumbering]] and [[plywood]]; [[cement]]; [[petroleum extraction]] and [[oil refinery|refining]]; [[manganese]], [[uranium]], and [[gold mining]]; [[chemical industry|chemical production]]; [[ship repair]]

'''Industrial production growth rate:'''
1.5% (2008)

'''Oil - production'''
{{convert|244000|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}} (2007 est.)

'''Oil - consumption'''
{{convert|13170|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}} (2007 est.)

'''Oil - exports'''
{{convert|255000|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}} (2005 est.)

'''Oil - imports'''
{{convert|2485|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}} (2005 est.)

'''Oil - proven reserves'''
{{convert|2|Goilbbl}} (1 January 2008 est.)

'''Natural gas - production'''
100 million cu m (2006 est.)

'''Natural gas - consumption'''
100 million cu m (2006 est.)

'''Natural gas - exports'''
0 cu m (2007 est.)

'''Natural gas - imports'''
0 cu m (2007 est.)

'''Natural gas - proven reserves'''
28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

'''Electricity - production:'''
1.671 TWh (2006 est.)

'''Electricity - production by source:'''
<br>''fossil fuel:''
27.8%
<br>''hydro:''
72.2%
<br>''nuclear:''
0%
<br>''other:''
0% (1998)

'''Electricity - consumption:'''
1.365 GWh (2006 est.)

'''Electricity - exports:'''
0 kWh (2006 est.)

'''Electricity - imports:'''
0 kWh (1998)

'''Agriculture - products:'''
[[Cocoa bean|cocoa]], [[coffee]], [[sugar]], [[palm oil]], [[rubber]]; [[cattle]]; [[Aucoumea klaineana|okoume]] (a tropical [[hardwood]]); [[fish]]

'''Current account - balance'''
$591 million (2010 est.)

'''Currency:'''
1 Communauté financière africaine [[franc]] ([[CFAF]]) = 100 [[centime]]s

'''Exchange rates:'''
Communauté financière africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 – 507.71 (2010), 472.19 (2009), 447.81 (2008), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 647.25 (January 2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996), 499.15 (1995)
<br>''note:''
since 1 January 1999, the CFAF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro