Equatorial Guinea

Country in Africa

In brief

GDP growth per year: -5.8% (2025). World rank 207 of 209 (1 = best); in Africa, 52 of 52. Industry, share of GDP: 41.4% (2025). World rank 13 of 200; in Africa, 3 of 51. Tax revenue, share of GDP: 6.6% (2022). World rank 135 of 142; in Africa, 30 of 33. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $13.2B → $12.8B, GDP per person $9,069 → $6,615, and GDP per person at purchasing power parity $19,479 → $16,133. Worse than all its neighbours (Cameroon and Gabon): GDP growth per year.

Size and growth

GDP: $12.8B 2025
GDP per person: $6,615 2025
GDP per person at purchasing power parity: $16,133 2025
GDP growth per year: -5.8% 2025

Income and prices

Income level (World Bank): Upper-middle income
Gross national income per person: $5,890 2025
Inflation: +2.9% 2024
Price level, USA = 100: 41 2025

Structure and jobs

Agriculture, share of GDP: 3.2% 2025
Industry, share of GDP: 41.4% 2025
Services, share of GDP: 55.5% 2025
Unemployment: 8.3% 2025
Youth unemployment, ages 15–24: 15.7% 2025
Women in work or seeking work: 52.6% 2025

Trade and finance

Exports, share of GDP: 46.5% 2025
Imports, share of GDP: 28.4% 2025
Current account balance, share of GDP: -148% 1996
Foreign direct investment, share of GDP: +2.3% 2025
Remittances received, share of GDP: 0.1% 1996
Tax revenue, share of GDP: 6.6% 2022
Currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

Poverty and inequality

Gini index (0 = full equality): 38.5 2022
Living on under $3 a day: 8.8% 2022