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Gibraltar

Flag of Gibraltar
Region
Europe · Southern Europe
Capital
Gibraltar
Population
40,126 (2025)
Government
parliamentary democracy (Parliament); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Currency
Gibraltar pound (GIP)
Official languages
English
Spoken languages
English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Written scripts
Latin
Area
6 km²
Coastline
Coastal
UN member
No
Borders
Spain

Population stability

21 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
refined petroleum, natural gas, ships, cars, scrap iron (2023)
Key imports
refined petroleum, crude petroleum, coal tar oil, natural gas, ships (2023)
Natural resources
none
Primary route
Mediterranean services via Suez to Asia
Secondary route
Gibraltar Strait corridor to Atlantic and Americas services

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The Fuel Dock Becomes the Next Shipping Chokepoint

Large-vessel bunker constraints are moving from refinery systems into global freight economics — a 218,000 b/d fuel-oil deficit, 12–15-day Singapore lead times, and the routes, industries and carriers that pay first.

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.