Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Gabon
Gabon: Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.6589 in 2014. ▬ Flat
Import unit values, Mean, US dollar in Gabon, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Gabon stood at 0.6589.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.6% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Gabon peaked at 0.9901 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.5589, in 2000.
That places Gabon 157th out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 0.8615 | — |
| 1964 | 0.9377 | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 0.9392 | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.9506 | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.8491 | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 0.7908 | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 0.8909 | +12.6% |
| 1970 | 0.9034 | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.9669 | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8261 | -14.6% |
| 1973 | 0.7858 | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 0.8327 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7753 | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8388 | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6835 | -18.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7697 | +12.6% |
| 1979 | 0.8477 | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8608 | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.6528 | -24.2% |
| 1982 | 0.6698 | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6404 | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 0.5998 | -6.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6267 | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7893 | +25.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7195 | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8311 | +15.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8596 | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8236 | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7875 | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 0.763 | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9287 | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8621 | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7023 | -18.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7585 | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 0.7103 | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 0.6689 | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7883 | +17.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5589 | -29.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9448 | +69.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8939 | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9023 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9125 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8761 | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9247 | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9517 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9818 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9901 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9834 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8525 | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8621 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8299 | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6589 | -20.6% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.6589 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8881, 74% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.6589 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.843, 78% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Gabon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +69.0% | 0.5589 | 0.9448 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8885 | 0.7908 | 0.9506 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.823 | 0.6835 | 0.9669 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.725 | 0.5998 | 0.8608 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7793 | 0.6689 | 0.9287 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8937 | 0.5589 | 0.9901 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8374 | 0.6589 | 0.9834 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import unit values, mean, us dollar in Gabon?
- Import unit values, mean, us dollar in Gabon was 0.6589 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9901 in 2009.
- What is the lowest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5589 in 2000.
- How does Gabon rank for import unit values, mean, us dollar?
- Gabon ranks 157th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is import unit values, mean, us dollar rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.