Equatorial Guinea — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Equatorial Guinea, 1962–2025.
GDP per capita for Equatorial Guinea was 6,615 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 62 years, from 1962 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18,211 in 2008. The lowest was 121 in 1981 (about 54.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.40% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 123 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Equatorial Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 64% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 27%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 5 of 47 economies; South Africa (6,598) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 83% in 1997. That is 9% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1962 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 2000. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 86th of 115 in 1962 → 110th of 146 in 1970 → 158th of 163 in 1980 → 182nd of 192 in 1990 → 119th of 204 in 2000 → 68th of 212 in 2010 → 110th of 210 in 2020 → 102nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1962 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,615.25 | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 7,003.58 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 6,788.35 | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 7,589.3 | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 6,945.63 | +20.5% |
| 2020 | 5,764.06 | -15.3% |
| 2019 | 6,804.15 | -16.0% |
| 2018 | 8,102.47 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 7,809.1 | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 7,453.2 | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 9,068.91 | -41.7% |
| 2014 | 15,548.66 | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 16,304.07 | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 17,308.57 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 17,198.21 | +25.3% |
| 2010 | 13,720.17 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 13,232.5 | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 18,210.56 | +44.3% |
| 2007 | 12,616.95 | +23.9% |
| 2006 | 10,184.88 | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 8,673.9 | +77.0% |
| 2004 | 4,901.3 | +67.2% |
| 2003 | 2,930.6 | +29.4% |
| 2002 | 2,264.21 | +16.2% |
| 2001 | 1,948.61 | +31.0% |
| 2000 | 1,487.32 | +59.8% |
| 1999 | 930.91 | +61.1% |
| 1998 | 577.87 | -19.4% |
| 1997 | 717.04 | +83.1% |
| 1996 | 391.69 | +57.7% |
| 1995 | 248.31 | +35.5% |
| 1994 | 183.24 | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 256.68 | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 263.73 | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 225.32 | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 236.4 | +22.3% |
| 1989 | 193.22 | -15.5% |
| 1988 | 228.67 | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 220.93 | +17.0% |
| 1986 | 188.79 | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 161.12 | +16.8% |
| 1984 | 137.9 | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 129.41 | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 137.47 | +13.5% |
| 1981 | 121.13 | -31.0% |
| 1980 | 175.45 | -53.3% |
| 1977 | 375.71 | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 368.83 | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 362.26 | +13.5% |
| 1974 | 319.24 | +18.8% |
| 1973 | 268.63 | +27.1% |
| 1972 | 211.42 | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 205.57 | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 206.77 | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 208.44 | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 211.74 | -8.7% |
| 1967 | 231.93 | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 226.69 | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 217.1 | +22.1% |
| 1964 | 177.83 | +14.9% |
| 1963 | 154.8 | +16.5% |
| 1962 | 132.91 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Equatorial Guinea’s GDP per capita in 1963?
154.8 (1963). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Equatorial Guinea’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1962 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +4877.2% in total — about 6.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.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: 6,615.25; 2024: 7,003.58; 2023: 6,788.35; 2022: 7,589.3; 2021: 6,945.63. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.