Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Libreville, Gabon
High CommissionGabon · High Commissioner: Shri V.S.D.L. Surendra
11 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s high commission in Gabon records bilateral trade of $410.0m, a reported community of 801, 1 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 71%. Led by Shri V.S.D.L. Surendra, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$410.0m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Gabon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“Figures in USD Million FY Year 2020-2021 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Exports 58.70 53 80 73 Imports 405.46 1070 398 318 Total 464.17 1123 480 391 Trade Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India 94 316 410”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence801
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Gabon"
“PIOs 1 + NRIs 800 = 801”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence1
agreement · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 May 2022)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMISSION — 31 May 2022”
Published: 31 May 2022 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
71%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Gabon”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 78 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to GabonUS dollars · as stated in the brief$94.0m
Bilateral Brief — Gabon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“Figures in USD Million FY Year 2020-2021 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Exports 58.70 53 80 73 Imports 405.46 1070 398 318 Total 464.17 1123 480 391 Trade Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India 94 316 410”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from GabonUS dollars · as stated in the brief$316.0m
Bilateral Brief — Gabon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“Figures in USD Million FY Year 2020-2021 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Exports 58.70 53 80 73 Imports 405.46 1070 398 318 Total 464.17 1123 480 391 Trade Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India 94 316 410”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$222.0m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Gabonpersons · as stated in the brief1,200
Bilateral Brief — Gabon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“There are around 1000-1200 Indians living in Gabon; most of them are engaged in infrastructure projects, agriculture, trading, export of timber and metal scrap, mining, travel and tours etc.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief2
Bilateral Brief — Gabon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Visits from India” section
“Two MOUs were also signed (on holding JCM and cooperation between SSIFS and MOFA).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Gabon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Other Important visits/interactions (of Ministerial level and below)” section
“Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Charles Hubert Bekale Meyong participated in the IFR (International Fleet Review) & MILAN 2026 at Visakhapatnam, India from February 15-21, 2026.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (1)
MEA Treaties DatabaseThe briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 27 sections, 11,439 characters of extractable text. Sections include: Brief on India-Gabon Relations · Political Relations · Visits from Gabon · VVIP level Visits: · Visits from India · Economic and Commercial Relations.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 50% apart
- Overseas Indians801
- Indian community in Gabon1,200
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.