Equatorial Guinea
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 1.9M (2025). World rank 149 of 216; in Africa, 47 of 54. Area: 28,051 km². World rank 146 of 249; in Africa, 45 of 59. Life expectancy: 63.9 years (2024). World rank 194 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 33 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 1.5M → 1.9M, GDP $13.2B → $12.8B, and GDP per person $9,069 → $6,615. Worse than all its neighbours (Cameroon and Gabon): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Equatorial Guinea
- Local name
- Guinée équatoriale
- Capital
- Malabo
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Teodoro Obiang
- Head of government
- Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
- Independence
- October 12, 1968
- Women in parliament
- 31% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 1,938,431 2025
- Area
- 28,051 km²
- GDP
- $12.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $6,615 2025
- Life expectancy
- 63.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Currency
- Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +240
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 113, 114, 115
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 296
- Neighbours
- Cameroon, Gabon
- Agricultural land
- 3.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Pico Basilé, 3,008 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 577
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- March, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,156 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 69.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 71.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +3.8K 2025
- Born in another country
- 13.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 37.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 59.2% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 65.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 62.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 30 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 88%, Protestant 5%, other 5%, and Muslim 2% (2015)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 33.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 18.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 27.3 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 30.8 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 24.8 2025
Size and growth
- 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
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 38.5 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 8.8% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 88.3% 2000
- Primary school enrolment
- 47.6% 2015
- Secondary school enrolment
- 17.8% 2005
- Higher education enrolment
- 1.8% 2000
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.2% 1998
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $234 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 66% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.4 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.1 2010
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 53% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 47.6 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 68 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 174 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 39.5% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 64.7% 2017
- Access to basic sanitation
- 66.3% 2017
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 50% 2024
Safety
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 27.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 62.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 42.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 86.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 1.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 14,416 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 0.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 63.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 50 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.1 2022
- Internet domain
- .gq
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 65.1% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 855 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 4.2% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 8.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 70.4% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 118,427 2023
- Airports
- 7 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 3 2023