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Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is a $12.8B economy (2025), growing -5.8% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 2.9%. 15 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.

USD/XAF

583.03

Central African CFA franc

WB pipeline

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0 projects to the Board

Data

Economy

GDP · 2025

$12.8B

−3.3% vs 2024

2010: $16.3B2011: $21.4B2012: $22.4B2013: $21.9B2014: $21.8B2015: $13.2B2016: $11.2B2017: $12.2B2018: $13.1B2019: $11.4B2020: $9.9B2021: $12.2B2022: $13.7B2023: $12.5B2024: $13.3B2025: $12.8B
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GDP growth · 2025

-5.8%

−6.2 pts vs 2024

2010: -8.9%2011: 6.5%2012: 8.3%2013: -4.1%2014: 0.4%2015: -9.1%2016: -8.8%2017: -5.7%2018: -6.2%2019: -5.5%2020: -4.8%2021: 0.9%2022: 3.2%2023: -7.4%2024: 0.4%2025: -5.8%
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GDP per capita · 2025

$6.6K

−5.5% vs 2024

2010: $13.7K2011: $17.2K2012: $17.3K2013: $16.3K2014: $15.5K2015: $9.1K2016: $7.5K2017: $7.8K2018: $8.1K2019: $6.8K2020: $5.8K2021: $6.9K2022: $7.6K2023: $6.8K2024: $7K2025: $6.6K
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Inflation · 2024

2.9%

+0.1 pts vs 2023

2010: 7.8%2011: 4.8%2012: 3.7%2013: 2.9%2014: 4.3%2015: 1.7%2016: 1.4%2017: 0.7%2018: 1.1%2019: 1.5%2020: 4.8%2021: -0.1%2022: 4.8%2023: 2.9%2024: 2.9%
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Unemployment · 2025

8.3%

+0.0 pts vs 2024

2010: 7.8%2011: 7.8%2012: 7.8%2013: 7.7%2014: 7.7%2015: 7.8%2016: 7.8%2017: 7.8%2018: 7.8%2019: 7.9%2020: 8.6%2021: 8.8%2022: 8.3%2023: 8.2%2024: 8.3%2025: 8.3%
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Population · 2025

1.9M

+2.4% vs 2024

2010: 1.2M2011: 1.2M2012: 1.3M2013: 1.3M2014: 1.4M2015: 1.5M2016: 1.5M2017: 1.6M2018: 1.6M2019: 1.7M2020: 1.7M2021: 1.8M2022: 1.8M2023: 1.8M2024: 1.9M2025: 1.9M
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Agriculture share · 2025

3.2%

+0.5 pts vs 2024

2010: 1.1%2011: 1.1%2012: 1.1%2013: 1.2%2014: 1.3%2015: 1.9%2016: 2.3%2017: 2.3%2018: 2.3%2019: 2.4%2020: 3.2%2021: 2.8%2022: 2.5%2023: 2.8%2024: 2.7%2025: 3.2%
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Data

Debt, rates and money

Government debt

Not published by source

External debt

Not published by source

Debt service

Not published by source

Import cover

Not published by source

Lending rate

Not published by source

Private credit · 2023

5.8%

−2.3 pts vs 2022

2010: 6.1%2011: 6.4%2012: 4.8%2013: 6.9%2014: 8.1%2015: 12.5%2016: 14.9%2017: 14.1%2018: 14.2%2019: 15.2%2020: 12.9%2021: 10.5%2022: 8.1%2023: 5.8%
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FX (annual avg) · 2025

582

−4.0% vs 2024

2010: 4952011: 4712012: 5112013: 4942014: 4942015: 5912016: 5932017: 5812018: 5552019: 5862020: 5762021: 5552022: 6242023: 6072024: 6062025: 582
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Data

Capital flows

FDI inflows · 2024

$188M

+32.6% vs 2023

2010: $2.7B2011: $2B2012: $985.3M2013: $582.9M2014: $167.9M2015: $1.2B2016: $1.8B2017: $384.8M2018: $-144.5M2019: $821.4M2020: $-9.1M2021: $561.6M2022: $1.4B2023: $141.8M2024: $188M
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Remittances

Not published by source

Data

Trade

Exports · 2025

46.5%

+1.5 pts vs 2024

2010: 85.8%2011: 75.1%2012: 71.9%2013: 67.7%2014: 66.0%2015: 56.7%2016: 51.4%2017: 58.9%2018: 59.6%2019: 51.1%2020: 40.8%2021: 45.1%2022: 53.0%2023: 37.8%2024: 45.0%2025: 46.5%
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Current account

Not published by source

Data

Technology

Internet use · 2024

63.3%

−0.2 pts vs 2023

2010: 6.0%2011: 11.5%2012: 13.9%2013: 16.4%2014: 18.9%2015: 21.3%2016: 23.8%2017: 26.2%2018: 29.4%2019: 49.1%2020: 55.0%2021: 58.7%2022: 63.7%2023: 63.5%2024: 63.3%
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Mobile subscriptions · 2022

50

+6.7% vs 2021

2010: 342011: 392012: 392013: 382014: 372015: 372016: 382017: 362018: 372019: 372020: 432021: 462022: 50
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Data

Climate and energy

Electricity access · 2024

65.1%

−1.8 pts vs 2023

2010: 66.1%2011: 66.1%2012: 65.7%2013: 65.9%2014: 66.0%2015: 66.1%2016: 66.2%2017: 66.4%2018: 66.5%2019: 66.6%2020: 66.7%2021: 66.8%2022: 67.0%2023: 66.9%2024: 65.1%
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Renewable share · 2022

4.2%

−1.0 pts vs 2021

2010: 5.7%2011: 5.6%2012: 4.4%2013: 3.7%2014: 4.9%2015: 5.5%2016: 4.8%2017: 5.0%2018: 4.8%2019: 7.4%2020: 6.5%2021: 5.2%2022: 4.2%
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print

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