Gabon vs Taiwan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Taiwan with a GDP of $585.8B ranked the 21st largest economy in the world, while Gabon ranked 121st with $16.9B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Taiwan and Gabon ranked 115th vs 116th and 38th vs 86th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Gabon	Taiwan
GDP	$16.9B	$585.8B
GDP growth, 1 year	1.2%	2.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.4%	2.4%
Population	2M	23.6M
GDP per capita	$8k	$25k
GDP per capita growth	-1.76%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	247.23	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.44	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$18k	$53k
GNI, Atlas method	$14.5B	N/A
GNI per capita	$6.8k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$35.4B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$17k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Gabon	Taiwan
Income Tax Rate	35%	45%
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	20%
Inflation, consumer prices	4.8%	1.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator	7.1%	N/A
Unemployment	19.5%	3.7%
Economic Freedom Index	56.7	77.1
Personal Freedom Index	5.76	8.09
Human Freedom Index	5.79	7.79
Property Rights Index	36.9	86.9
Judical Effectiveness Index	20.8	70.1
Business Freedom Index	52.1	93.9
Fiscal Health Index	88.9	91
Labor Freedom Index	52.3	60.3
Investment Freedom Index	60	60
Financial Freedom Index	40	60
Trade Freedom Index	51.2	86
Monetary Freedom Index	77.3	82.7
Government Spending Index	89.3	90.5
Tax Burden Index	74.3	75
Government Integrity Index	36.7	68.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	31	63
Life expectancy at birth, years	65.8	80.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.1	12.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	23.2	6.3
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	8	0.8
International tourism, number of arrivals	269k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Gabon	Taiwan
Central government debt, % of GDP	58.2%	35%
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%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	21.8%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$1.3B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$845.8M	N/A

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Gabon	Taiwan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	50.5%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	21.5%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$141M	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	16.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$20.1M	N/A
Personal remittances received	$18.5M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	48.8%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	5.4%	N/A
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%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	18.9%	17.8%