Equatorial Guinea's flag    Equatorial Guinea

Official language: Spanish, French
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital City: Malabo
Area: 28051km2
Subregional membership(s): Central Africa, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa , Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Oil producing economies, Least developed countires, Sub-Saharan Africa, Oil LDCs, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), Franc Zone

1449.9K
2021

Mid-year population
12.5B
2017

GDP at current prices, USD

Under five mortality rate
61.8
2015

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Annual rate of change of the migrant stock (%)382.4411.46
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)25.3824.6623.8823.1022.3221.5420.8220.1019.38
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)18.7218.7218.5418.5418.54
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)347.5349.6351.6353.6355.6357.5359.5361.5363.5
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)333.4335.6337.9340.1342.4344.5346.4348.4350.1
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)339.8342.0344.2346.3348.4350.4352.4354.4356.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)1.441.32
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)2.041.86
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)5.163.96
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)81.2455.38
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)167.22138.42
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)107.82128.40
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)79.4489.16
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)60.7867.14
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)40.3847.22
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)1.981.62
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)27.4831.74
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)16.0219.80
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)5.589.00
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)3.364.98
Population - Female (%)270.00269.10268.32267.66267.12266.76266.46266.28
Population - Female (thousands)2,9063,0203,1353,2533,3713,4923,6133,7363,859
Population - Male (%)330.00330.90331.68332.34332.88333.24333.54333.72
Population - Male (thousands)3,5523,7143,8764,0384,2014,3624,5234,6824,840
Population - Total (thousands)6,4586,7347,0117,2917,5727,8548,1368,4188,699
Population - Urban (%)417.00420.60423.60426.60429.60432.60435.60438.60
Population - Urban (%)417.00420.60423.60426.60429.60
Population - Urban (thousands)4,5244,7524,9805,2145,448
Total fertility rate (per woman)29.729.228.628.127.627.126.626.125.6
Health
United Nations Statistics Division, World Health Organization
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)546.00546.00
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)252.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)450.00450.00450.00
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)552.60554.40557.94
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)583.56583.74584.22
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)568.62570.00571.56
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)369.54
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)371.76
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)370.68
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)243.48
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)592.20
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)586.32
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)589.02589.20589.56
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)33.033.0
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)262.92
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)257.28
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)260.04
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)275,130
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)285,246
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)560,376
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)139.4
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)5.9
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)22.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)23.3
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)23.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current USD (billions)131.7130.479.167.574.9
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)65,04364,48146,77340,04543,611
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100671.04699.96711.72721.74727.14736.98746.10781.68
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)17.7025.8610.088.464.508.107.44
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year28.7415.609.6612.06-1.3815.6625.50-3.54
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period17.7025.8610.088.464.508.107.4428.62
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period29.2215.489.609.6010.268.107.2628.809.0018.54
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)29.2215.489.609.6010.268.107.2628.809.00
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)1,1851,2151,2351,2541,276
Energy
African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)0.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)2,1663,8884,0084,3684,824
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)498
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)00000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)2,3762,3762,4182,4662,514
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)618
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)105.123,2583,4023,4263,462
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)42
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)0000
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)3,5923,7993,8893,9003,9003,217
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)504.00504.00504.00528.00552.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)1,8601,8601,9861,986
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)2.12.12.12.13.33.33.3
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)2,4815,6345,8205,8925,982
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)660
Tourism
World Bank
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)
Transport

Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)8.288.105.825.405.344.98
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)98.40113.16127.92142.68157.44
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)3,064,6983,099,2403,200,0163,453,9003,396,6783,547,338
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)284.70276.18273.84284.22269.16271.02
International trade

Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Deposit rate (%) (%)19.2615.6014.70
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)2,9642,9663,549
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)2,9632,9633,5473,5563,4843,3333,515
Interest rate - Lending (%)
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-7,061.3-4,363.3-1,100.9231.7728.5-918.2-203.836.2
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - current USD (millions)27.83.144.941.541.5
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)25.622.7638.2234.0232.76
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)37.6275.36189.96246.84217.38240.96264.12306.48264.30274.98
Balance of payments
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-14.94-25.98-106.08-70.80-3.06
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-3,282.0-5,574.0-12,900.0-7,206.0-330.0
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)3,4981,0071,399323.71,824
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)77,73578,74280,14280,466
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)15.515.515.515.5
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)250.80
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)30.60
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)335.40
Land area covered by forest (%)