Gabon vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

Gabon with a GDP of $16.9B ranked the 121st largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, Gabon and the Marshall Islands ranked 86th vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Gabon	Marshall Islands
GDP	$16.9B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	1.2%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.4%	N/A
Population	2M	53k
GDP per capita	$8k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	-1.76%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	247.23	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.44	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$18k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$14.5B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$6.8k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$35.4B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$17k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Gabon	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.8%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	7.1%	0.3%
Unemployment	19.5%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	56.7	58
Personal Freedom Index	5.76	6.2
Human Freedom Index	5.79	6.2
Property Rights Index	36.9	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	20.8	N/A
Business Freedom Index	52.1	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	88.9	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	52.3	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	60	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	40	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	51.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	77.3	N/A
Government Spending Index	89.3	N/A
Tax Burden Index	74.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	36.7	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	31	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	65.8	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.1	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	23.2	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	8	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	269k	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Gabon	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	58.2%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	43%	N/A
External debt stocks	$6.8B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	14.2%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	7.7%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	8.9%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	38.4%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	21.8%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$1.3B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$845.8M	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Gabon	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	50.5%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	21.5%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$141M	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	16.8%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$20.1M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$18.5M	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	48.8%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	5.4%	15.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	13.7%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	18.9%	N/A