Gabon

Gabon is an agrarian state. Oil fields and foreign investment have helped make Gabon one of the most stable states in Africa and the fifth largest GDP per capita (PPP) in Africa.

Agriculture employs 60% of the working-age population, but it provides less than 4% of GDP. Only a small part of the land suitable for agriculture is cultivated, about half of the country's food imports. The main food crops are yams (155 thousand tons), cassava (230 thousand tons), bananas (12 thousand tons), sugar cane (235 thousand tons), corn (31 thousand tons), vegetables (35 thousand tons) and fruits (10.3 thousand tons). Cash crops are grown in small quantities — cocoa (600 tons), oil palm, natural rubber (11 thousand tons) and coffee.

Industry employs 15% of the working-age population, it gives 39.1% of GDP. The main industry is the oil industry. There are large reserves of iron, manganese and uranium ores.

The manufacturing industry is mainly represented by industries for the primary processing of raw materials, the food industry. There are companies for the production of clothing, cement, soap.

Export items: Timber, oil, manganese, uranium Export Partners: China 15.8%, Japan 14.6%, Australia 11%, USA 7.9%, India 7.8%, South Korea 6.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.6%, Spain 4.4% (2014)

Import items: machinery and equipment, food, chemicals, construction materials. Import partners: France 20%, Ivory Coast 15.3%, China 9.6%, Algeria 9.3%, Belgium 4.5% (2014)