International Rankings of Equatorial Guinea 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Equatorial Guinea, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Equatorial Guinea, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	0.10	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	186	1000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	70	26.00 %	2019
Internet users - total	159	352555	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	172	11000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	123	46.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	162	645000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	139	2.523 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	139	2.114 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	58	3.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	121	738.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	159	1.211 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	102	8.776 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	142	10.634 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	42	56.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	35	21.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	146	50.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	68	39.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	127	10.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	120	2.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	4	54.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	154	42.90 % of GDP	2017
Imports	126	6.245 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	103	6.90 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	73	1.20 %	2019
Labor force	166	195200 US Dollars	2007
Population below poverty line	25	44 %	2011
Public debt	116	37.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	143	23.860 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	134	3.20 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	80	17000 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	180	45.500 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	129	16.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	61	8.60 %	2014
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	90	2.119 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	144	2.409 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	134	4.528 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	153	1.003 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	150	349000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	141	183.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	34	89.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	92	10.60 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	92	57.596 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	88	1.080 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	33	3.568 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	51	4.569 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	44	139.007 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	29	184500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	37	1.100 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	132	22300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	38	142600 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - imports	161	5094 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	118	6 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	82	11 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	20	46 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	160	10	2018
Land use - arable land	116	4	2018
Land use - forest	28	58	2018
Land use - other	69	32	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	131	4	2018
Revenue from forest resources	39	2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	109	26.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	161	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	148	3.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	156	15.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	25	3.62	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	55	74	2023
Geography
Area - land	138	28051 sq km	N/A
Area - total	140	28051 sq km	N/A
Coastline	116	296 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	48	3008 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	58	577 meters	N/A
Land boundaries - total	130	528 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	160	10	2018
Land use - arable land	116	4	2018
Land use - forest	28	58	2018
Land use - other	69	32	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	131	4	2018
Population Density	137	59.86 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	40	1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	30	19.94	1880
Age structure - 25-54 years	169	32.72	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	158	4.69	2006
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	31	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	78	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	62	6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	45	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	27	29.95 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	61	6 %	2011
Current health expenditure	79	3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	54	8.95 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	130	5.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	22	18.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	38	72.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	37	66.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	57	82 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	1	68 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	8	32 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	5	18 % of population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	4	72.25 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	4	84.23 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	4	78.33 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	169	66 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	174	61 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	171	64 years	N/A
Literacy - female	45	93 %	2015
Literacy - male	21	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	35	95 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	32	301.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	133	21 years	2020
Median age - male	128	20 years	N/A
Median age - total	124	20 years	N/A
Net migration rate	2	13.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	111	8.00 %	2016
Physicians density	129	0.40 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	148	1.679 million	2022
Population growth rate	4	3.50 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	70	81 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	49	37 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	47	24 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	23	19 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	7	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	3	1.21	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	7	1.21	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	8	1.17	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	14	0.87 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	7	1.15 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	20	4.26 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	25	3.62	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	55	74	2023
Transportation
Airports	113	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	6	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	1	N/A
Merchant marine - total	105	42	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	120	350000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	115	466435	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	85	15.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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