International Rankings of Equatorial Guinea 2023, 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	60	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	194	1000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	65	54 %	2021
Internet users - total	150	864000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	181	11000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	101	39	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	167	650000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	145	2.535 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	136	2.604 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	62	3.3 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	129	738.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	165	1.211 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	113	8.776 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	145	10.634 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	45	56.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	40	21.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	151	50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	72	39 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	134	10.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	126	2.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	6	54.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	165	42.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	133	6.245 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	179	6.46 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	68	4.77 %	2020
Labor force	159	549800 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	27	44 %	2011
Public debt	130	37.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	148	23.924 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	178	0.95 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	102	14600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	192	40.817 million US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	196	7.85 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	72	9.24 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	79	19.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	76	17.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	75	18.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	92	2.119 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	148	2.409 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	158	1.003 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	156	349000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	146	183.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	38	89.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	96	10.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	95	57.596 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	90	1.080 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	34	3.568 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	52	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 and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	37	1.100 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	134	22300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	39	142600 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	172	5094 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	121	5.65 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	84	11.21 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	20	45.9 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	170	10.1	2018
Land use - arable land	126	4.3	2018
Land use - forest	31	57.5	2018
Land use - other	76	32.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	141	3.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	42	1.52 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	116	26.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	140	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	98	3.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	26	3.62	2025
Urbanization - urban population	61	74.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	144	28051 sq km	0
Area - total	147	28051 sq km	0
Area - water	210	0145 sq km	0
Coastline	131	296 km	0
Elevation - highest point	57	3008 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	61	577 meters	0
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	137	528 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	170	10.1	2018
Land use - arable land	126	4.3	2018
Land use - forest	31	57.5	2018
Land use - other	76	32.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	141	3.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	40	1.3 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	31	3.83 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	58	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	81	0.99 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	64	6.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	48	1.24 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	30	29.46 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	65	5.6 %	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	78	3.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	60	60.2 %	2023
Death rate	60	8.9 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	140	5.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	22	18.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	41	72.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	39	66.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	60	81.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	1	67.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	8	32.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	5	18.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	17	2.06 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	4	71.77 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	4	83.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	4	77.85 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	185	66.13 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	194	61.53 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	187	63.8 years	0
Literacy - female	48	93 %	2015
Literacy - male	20	97.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	36	95.3 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	44	212 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	142	20.7 years	2020
Median age - male	135	19.9 years	0
Median age - total	135	20.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	5	13.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	117	8 %	2016
Physicians density	134	0.4 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	155	1.738 million	2023
Population growth rate	5	3.36 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	71	81.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	52	36.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	50	23.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	24	18.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	7	1.21 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	8	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	7	1.15 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	22	4.19 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	26	3.62	2025
Urbanization - urban population	61	74.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	79	19.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	76	17.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	75	18.3	0
Transportation
Airports	116	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	97	11000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	112	46	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	123	350000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	119	466435	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	87	15	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Equatorial Guinea on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Equatorial Guinea 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Equatorial Guinea 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.