Sub-Saharan Africa · Upper middle income
Equatorial Guinea: the economy in numbers
Per person: $6,615, or $16,133 at purchasing power parity. Population: 1.94 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #148 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: −1.7%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $397 million in 1962, $12.8 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $1,416 per person in 1962, $6,615 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: −4.1% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1980: 14 of 46.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 2.58 times from 2000 to 2024. Highest annual inflation: 84.0% in 1985.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1980: 260.7% of GDP in 1982. IMF forecast for 2031: 44.1%.
Population
1960: 269,807 · 2025: 1.94 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 6.7% · 2025: 8.3%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 42.7 years · 2024: 63.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
2005: 87.4% · 2025: 46.5%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.3%f | 2.5%f | 44.1%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 2.5%f | 2.5%f | 42.3%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 2.2%f | 2.5%f | 40.9%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 1.6%f | 2.6%f | 38.6%f | |||||||
| 2027 | −1.0%f | 2.9%f | 36.0%f | |||||||
| 2026 | −1.7%f | 3.3%f | 32.9%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $12.8B | $6,615 | $16,133 | −5.8% | 2.3% | 35.4%e | 1.94M | 8.3% | 46.5% | |
| 2024 | $13.3B | $7,004 | $17,072 | 0.4% | 2.9% | 35.0% | 1.89M | 8.3% | 63.9 | 45.0% |
| 2023 | $12.5B | $6,788 | $16,997 | −7.4% | 2.9% | 38.4% | 1.85M | 8.2% | 63.7 | 37.8% |
| 2022 | $13.7B | $7,589 | $18,137 | 3.2% | 4.8% | 29.8% | 1.8M | 8.3% | 63.4 | 53.0% |
| 2021 | $12.2B | $6,946 | $16,821 | 0.9% | −0.1% | 42.3% | 1.76M | 8.8% | 62.4 | 45.1% |
| 2020 | $9.89B | $5,764 | $13,677 | −4.8% | 4.8% | 49.4% | 1.72M | 8.6% | 62.1 | 40.8% |
| 2019 | $11.4B | $6,804 | $16,451 | −5.5% | 1.5% | 43.2% | 1.67M | 7.9% | 62.3 | 51.1% |
| 2018 | $13.1B | $8,102 | $18,413 | −6.2% | 1.1% | 40.6% | 1.62M | 7.8% | 61.9 | 59.6% |
| 2017 | $12.2B | $7,809 | $18,435 | −5.7% | 0.7% | 36.2% | 1.56M | 7.8% | 61.5 | 58.9% |
| 2016 | $11.2B | $7,453 | $16,649 | −8.8% | 1.4% | 41.1% | 1.51M | 7.8% | 61.1 | 51.4% |
| 2015 | $13.2B | $9,069 | $19,479 | −9.1% | 1.7% | 31.7% | 1.45M | 7.8% | 60.6 | 56.7% |
| 2014 | $21.8B | $15,549 | $27,177 | 0.4% | 4.3% | 12.6% | 1.4M | 7.7% | 60.2 | 66.0% |
| 2013 | $21.9B | $16,304 | $27,910 | −4.1% | 2.9% | 6.3% | 1.35M | 7.7% | 59.8 | 67.7% |
| 2012 | $22.4B | $17,309 | $30,012 | 8.3% | 3.7% | 7.1% | 1.29M | 7.8% | 59.3 | 71.9% |
| 2011 | $21.4B | $17,198 | $27,242 | 6.5% | 4.8% | 7.2% | 1.24M | 7.8% | 58.8 | 75.1% |
| 2010 | $16.3B | $13,720 | $26,168 | −8.9% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 1.19M | 7.8% | 58.3 | 85.8% |
| 2009 | $15B | $13,233 | $29,722 | 1.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 1.14M | 7.7% | 57.9 | 74.3% |
| 2008 | $19.7B | $18,211 | $30,523 | 17.8% | 6.6% | 0.5% | 1.08M | 7.6% | 57.4 | 89.2% |
| 2007 | $13.1B | $12,617 | $26,611 | 15.3% | 2.8% | 0.8% | 1.04M | 7.6% | 56.9 | 88.6% |
| 2006 | $10.1B | $10,185 | $23,511 | 7.7% | 4.4% | 1.2% | 990K | 7.6% | 56.4 | 82.3% |
| 2005 | $8.22B | $8,674 | $22,137 | 16.7% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 947K | 7.7% | 55.8 | 87.4% |
| 2004 | $4.41B | $4,901 | $19,354 | 38.0% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 900K | 7.7% | 55.3 | |
| 2003 | $2.48B | $2,931 | $14,496 | 14.0% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 848K | 7.7% | 54.8 | |
| 2002 | $1.81B | $2,264 | $13,255 | 19.5% | 7.6% | 19.4% | 798K | 7.6% | 54.3 | |
| 2001 | $1.46B | $1,949 | $11,627 | 63.4% | 8.8% | 25.5% | 750K | 7.6% | 53.8 | |
| 2000 | $1.05B | $1,487 | $7,420 | 18.2% | 4.8% | 36.6% | 703K | 7.4% | 53.4 | |
| 1999 | $621M | $931 | $6,470 | 25.7% | 0.4% | 60.5% | 667K | 7.4% | 53.0 | |
| 1998 | $371M | $578 | $5,280 | 23.8% | 7.9% | 59.2% | 641K | 7.3% | 52.6 | |
| 1997 | $442M | $717 | $4,387 | 150.0% | 3.0% | 46.3% | 617K | 7.3% | 52.4 | |
| 1996 | $232M | $392 | $1,793 | 66.6% | 4.5% | 91.2% | 593K | 7.2% | 52.1 | |
| 1995 | $142M | $248 | $1,098 | 17.5% | 19.9% | 136.9% | 571K | 7.2% | 51.9 | |
| 1994 | $101M | $183 | $951 | 16.7% | 31.8% | 216.0% | 550K | 7.1% | 51.8 | |
| 1993 | $136M | $257 | $828 | 11.0% | 5.5% | 152.6% | 530K | 7.0% | 51.7 | |
| 1992 | $135M | $264 | $756 | 34.7% | −4.3% | 136.9% | 511K | 6.9% | 51.6 | |
| 1991 | $111M | $225 | $569 | −1.0% | −3.4% | 169.5% | 492K | 6.7% | 51.5 | |
| 1990 | $112M | $236 | $577 | −1.8% | 0.9% | 157.0% | 474K | 51.4 | ||
| 1989 | $88.3M | $193 | −1.2% | 6.2% | 187.0% | 457K | 51.3 | |||
| 1988 | $101M | $229 | 2.7% | 2.5% | 154.5% | 440K | 51.2 | |||
| 1987 | $93.3M | $221 | 4.4% | −13.2% | 141.3% | 423K | 51.0 | |||
| 1986 | $76.4M | $189 | −2.3% | −17.6% | 152.5% | 405K | 50.8 | |||
| 1985 | $62.1M | $161 | 12.9% | 84.0% | 183.8% | 386K | 50.6 | |||
| 1984 | $50.3M | $138 | 1.0% | 59.5% | 257.9% | 365K | 50.2 | |||
| 1983 | $44.4M | $129 | 5.0% | 60.1% | 259.3% | 343K | 50.0 | |||
| 1982 | $44.3M | $137 | 2.2% | 38.3% | 260.7% | 322K | 49.7 | |||
| 1981 | $36.7M | $121 | 5.8% | 16.7% | 221.1% | 303K | 49.1 | |||
| 1980 | $50.6M | $175 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 146.2% | 289K | 48.8 | |||
| 1979 | 280K | 43.0 | ||||||||
| 1978 | 277K | 42.3 | ||||||||
| 1977 | $104M | $376 | 277K | 42.0 | ||||||
| 1976 | $104M | $369 | 281K | 30.5 | ||||||
| 1975 | $104M | $362 | 288K | 37.3 | ||||||
| 1974 | $94.2M | $319 | 295K | 41.5 | ||||||
| 1973 | $81.2M | $269 | 302K | 44.7 | ||||||
| 1972 | $65.4M | $211 | 309K | 44.4 | ||||||
| 1971 | $64.9M | $206 | 316K | 37.2 | ||||||
| 1970 | $66.3M | $207 | 321K | 31.1 | ||||||
| 1969 | $67.2M | $208 | 323K | 31.0 | ||||||
| 1968 | $67.5M | $212 | 319K | 44.9 | ||||||
| 1967 | $72.3M | $232 | 312K | 44.6 | ||||||
| 1966 | $69.1M | $227 | 305K | 44.3 | ||||||
| 1965 | $64.7M | $217 | 298K | 44.1 | ||||||
| 1964 | $51.9M | $178 | 292K | 43.8 | ||||||
| 1963 | $44.3M | $155 | 286K | 43.5 | ||||||
| 1962 | $37.3M | $133 | 280K | 43.3 | ||||||
| 1961 | 275K | 43.0 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 270K | 42.7 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Real growth: IMF data for 1980, World Bank for the other years. Inflation: IMF data for 1980–1985, 2025, World Bank for the other years.
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Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · DR Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)