Equatorial Guinea — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Equatorial Guinea was 16,133 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 30,523 in 2008. The lowest was 569 in 1991 (about 28.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 9.98% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 120 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4,379, so Equatorial Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 17%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 5 of 47 economies; South Africa (15,906) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 145% in 1997. That is 6% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1996; grown tenfold by 1999. Doubling roughly every 7.3 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 179th of 186 in 1990 → 84th of 194 in 2000 → 53rd of 200 in 2010 → 108th of 198 in 2020 → 108th of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,133.11 | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 17,072.43 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 16,997 | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 18,137.11 | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 16,821.45 | +23.0% |
| 2020 | 13,677.11 | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 16,451.36 | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 18,413.13 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 18,434.77 | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 16,649.48 | -14.5% |
| 2015 | 19,478.7 | -28.3% |
| 2014 | 27,177.27 | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 27,909.52 | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 30,011.93 | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 27,241.6 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 26,167.83 | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 29,722 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 30,522.78 | +14.7% |
| 2007 | 26,610.77 | +13.2% |
| 2006 | 23,511.4 | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 22,137.05 | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 19,354.21 | +33.5% |
| 2003 | 14,496.17 | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 13,254.82 | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 11,626.72 | +56.7% |
| 2000 | 7,420.39 | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 6,469.84 | +22.5% |
| 1998 | 5,280.39 | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 4,386.83 | +144.6% |
| 1996 | 1,793.19 | +63.3% |
| 1995 | 1,098.25 | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 950.76 | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 828.16 | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 756.06 | +32.8% |
| 1991 | 569.28 | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 577.4 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Equatorial Guinea’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
569.28 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Equatorial Guinea’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Equatorial Guinea’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2694.1% in total — about 10.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 16,133.11; 2024: 17,072.43; 2023: 16,997; 2022: 18,137.11; 2021: 16,821.45. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.