Equatorial Guinea

GDP growth in Equatorial Guinea

GDP growth in Equatorial Guinea: 4.8% a year in 1980 and -5.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
-5.8% a year
Since 1980
−10.7 percentage points
Rank, 2025
143 of 143
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
2.3% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

GDP growth in Equatorial GuineaGDP growth in Equatorial Guinea: 4.8% a year in 1980 and -5.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.3% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.3% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 148% a year in 1997, the lowest -9.1% a year in 2015.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEquatorial Guinea
2025-5.8
20240.4
2023-7.4
20223.2
20210.9
2020-4.8
2019-5.5
2018-6.2
2017-5.7
2016-8.8
2015-9.1
20140.4
2013-4.1
20128.3
20116.5
2010-8.9
20091.3
200817.8
200715.3
20066.5
20058.2
200430.4
200314.5
200219.6
200160
2000110.5
199926.4
199824.8
1997148
199652.7
199526.5
199416.8
199310.5
199233
1991-1.2
19902.5
1989-1.2
19882.7
19874.4
1986-2.3
198512.9
19841
19835
19822.2
19815.8
19804.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEquatorial Guinea
2026-1.7
2027-1
20281.6
20292.2
20302.5
20312.3

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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