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African Tax Observatory · Country brief · GabonData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/GAB

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Gazetteer · Central Africa · Upper middle income

Gabon

Collected 18.1% of GDP in tax in 2024, 10 of 38 reporting members.

18.1%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

+8.8

Points since 2017

0.98

Tax buoyancy

over 9 years, across a break

$2,674

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Gabon against the continent

0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%10111213141516171819202122232425
GabonCentral Africa medianATAF median and middle half
The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Central Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.
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YearGabonCentral Africa medianATAF medianATAF 25th percentileATAF 75th percentileMembers reporting
201011.1614.3410.6716.4326
201111.9014.8410.9916.6233
201212.5315.0711.4516.7533
201313.0513.8311.2316.8932
201413.5614.2611.8717.1332
201512.3315.0812.3318.5533
201612.3214.3812.4017.4333
20179.219.2114.7511.5016.9535
20188.938.7314.1810.8616.1036
201911.427.6613.5711.5117.2338
202010.9210.9213.2710.8516.0738
20219.509.5012.7210.4416.0640
202212.2812.2814.1811.3418.1639
202315.1312.3914.4311.3018.8237
202418.069.8114.3012.1718.0538
202510.1110.9013.7412.1820.5334

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

0%5%10%15%20%Tax-to-GDPDomestic taxesCustoms taxesNon-tax revenueVATPITCIT
The line joins Gabon (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Central Africa median. All three are for 2024.
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MeasureGabonCentral Africa medianATAF median
Tax-to-GDP18.069.8114.30
Domestic taxes12.337.309.01
Customs taxes5.733.044.87
Non-tax revenue5.713.142.59
VAT5.132.705.20
PIT0.611.292.04
CIT3.433.232.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Gabon's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

0%5%10%15%20%171819202122232425
Domestic VATPersonal income taxCorporate income taxWithholding taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyExcise on importsOther customs taxesPresumptive taxNot attributed to a head
Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.
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YearTax headRevenue (PPP $)% of GDP
2017Domestic VAT6976504392.18
2017Personal income tax3591110401.12
2017Corporate income tax6349812261.99
2017Withholding tax1058653300.33
2017Other domestic taxes3835382141.20
2017VAT on imports4005055351.25
2017Import duty3776789671.18
2017Excise on imports342214020.11
2017Other customs taxes1515904060.47
2018Domestic VAT6917291822.02
2018Personal income tax3305805870.97
2018Corporate income tax7231187762.11
2018Withholding tax916525420.27
2018Other domestic taxes4922222401.44
2018VAT on imports3453349431.01
2018Import duty3731012971.09
2018Excise on imports530881540.16
2018Other customs taxes1856979950.54
2019Domestic VAT6855541701.89
2019Personal income tax4011930571.11
2019Corporate income tax16445273354.54
2019Withholding tax1045509210.29
2019Other domestic taxes3700505531.02
2019VAT on imports3724285711.03
2019Import duty4514615381.25
2019Excise on imports323406590.09
2019Other customs taxes2127838830.59
2020Domestic VAT7804122142.32
2020Personal income tax4210916031.25
2020Corporate income tax11074694663.29
2020Withholding tax1112061070.33
2020Other domestic taxes4542098761.35
2020VAT on imports4498778631.34
2020Import duty4653282441.38
2020Excise on imports369007630.11
2020Other customs taxes2300419850.68
2021Domestic VAT8719440731.90
2021Personal income tax4564258130.99
2021Corporate income tax9946139722.16
2021Withholding tax1152836870.25
2021Presumptive tax3819970.00
2021Other domestic taxes7209823911.57
2021VAT on imports4743910441.03
2021Import duty5059965641.10
2021Excise on imports412398000.09
2021Other customs taxes3030335480.66
2022Domestic VAT8453850252.30
2022Personal income tax1157615380.32
2022Corporate income tax9643153852.63
2022Withholding tax3042269230.83
2022Other domestic taxes9346906572.55
2022VAT on imports5097153851.39
2022Import duty5845346151.59
2022Excise on imports372076920.10
2022Other customs taxes2748230770.75
2023Domestic VAT12499083533.06
2023Personal income tax1027518160.25
2023Corporate income tax12243070683.00
2023Withholding tax3798902950.93
2023Other domestic taxes13723106593.36
2023VAT on imports6496045661.59
2023Import duty7942017701.95
2023Excise on imports620689660.15
2023Other customs taxes3501591800.86
2024Domestic VAT11284075173.00
2024Personal income tax2297116230.61
2024Corporate income tax12891555443.43
2024Withholding tax3979899671.06
2024Presumptive tax157449930.04
2024Other domestic taxes14066593133.74
2024VAT on imports8005536672.13
2024Import duty8507003212.26
2024Excise on imports855252030.23
2024Other customs taxes4174273211.11
2024Not attributed to a head1684958490.45
2025Domestic VAT11655690652.00
2025Personal income tax2292455510.39
2025Corporate income tax15593872172.68
2025Withholding tax4430376740.76
2025Presumptive tax187299170.03
2025Other domestic taxes13636048882.34
2025VAT on imports8420577391.45
2025Excise on imports403839320.07
2025Not attributed to a head2242702660.39

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

Other domestic taxes20.7%Corporate income tax19.0%Domestic VAT16.6%Import duty12.5%VAT on imports11.8%Withholding tax5.9%Personal income tax3.4%
Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $6.8bn.
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Tax headRevenue (PPP $)Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT11284075170.17
Personal income tax2297116230.03
Corporate income tax12891555440.19
Withholding tax3979899670.06
Presumptive tax157449930.00
Other domestic taxes14066593130.21
VAT on imports8005536670.12
Import duty8507003210.13
Excise on imports855252030.01
Other customs taxes4174273210.06
Not attributed to a head1684958490.02

Every published number

Gabon in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Gabon: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Nominal GDP (PPP)$32.0bn$34.2bn$36.2bn$33.6bn$45.9bn$36.7bn$40.8bn$37.6bn$58.2bn
Real GDP5,484,686.0m5,530,643.1m5,747,489.0m5,641,863.9m5,724,440.1m5,898,539.4m6,042,900.0m5,575,491.2m6,449,464.8m
Final Consumption (PPP)$13.6bn$16.8bn$17.6bn$18.6bn$20.3bn$20.0bn$23.6bn$15.5bn$18.3bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)$4.1bn$4.1bn$3.0bn$2.9bn$3.1bn$4.1bn$3.7bn$4.4bn$4.5bn$6.2bn$6.8bn$5.9bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers499k533k
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)$1.4bn$3.1bn$5.4bn$4.7bn$2.1bn$1.6bn
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$2.8bn$2.9bn$2.0bn$2.0bn$2.1bn$3.1bn$2.5bn$3.0bn$3.1bn$4.3bn$4.6bn$5.0bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.3bn$1.2bn$1.0bn$964.0m$957.2m$1.1bn$1.2bn$1.3bn$1.4bn$1.9bn$2.2bn$882.4m
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)$92.7m$45.4m$51.1m
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)$803.0m$1.6bn$1.0bn
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)$783.5m$21.1m$25.1m
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)$135.9m$4.4bn$4.7bn
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)$1.1bn$1.0bn$771.4m$697.7m$691.7m$685.6m$780.4m$871.9m$845.4m$1.2bn$1.1bn$1.2bn
VAT Refunded (PPP)$310.4m$348.5m$272.5m$523.6m$298.9m$221.6m$211.6m$42.3m$19.2m
PIT Revenues (PPP)$408.5m$476.1m$438.2m$359.1m$330.6m$401.2m$421.1m$456.4m$115.8m$102.8m$229.7m$229.2m
CIT Revenues (PPP)$888.7m$892.7m$579.1m$635.0m$723.1m$1.6bn$1.1bn$994.6m$964.3m$1.2bn$1.3bn$1.6bn
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)$131.1m$148.0m$134.0m$105.9m$91.7m$104.6m$111.2m$115.3m$304.2m$379.9m$398.0m$443.0m
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)$382.0k$15.7m$18.7m
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$182.9m$198.8m$383.5m$492.2m$370.1m$454.2m$721.0m$934.7m$1.4bn$1.4bn$1.4bn
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)$609.2m$492.1m$422.7m$400.5m$345.3m$372.4m$449.9m$474.4m$509.7m$649.6m$800.6m$842.1m
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)$517.3m$511.6m$409.0m$377.7m$373.1m$451.5m$465.3m$506.0m$584.5m$794.2m$850.7m
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)$29.8m$29.7m$34.4m$34.2m$53.1m$32.3m$36.9m$41.2m$37.2m$62.1m$85.5m$40.4m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$149.7m$150.9m$136.8m$151.6m$185.7m$212.8m$230.0m$303.0m$274.8m$350.2m$417.4m

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

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Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Gabon. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/GAB Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

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Gabon, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Gabon. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/GAB

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