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
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
| Year | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -5.8 |
| 2024 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | -7.4 |
| 2022 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | -4.8 |
| 2019 | -5.5 |
| 2018 | -6.2 |
| 2017 | -5.7 |
| 2016 | -8.8 |
| 2015 | -9.1 |
| 2014 | 0.4 |
| 2013 | -4.1 |
| 2012 | 8.3 |
| 2011 | 6.5 |
| 2010 | -8.9 |
| 2009 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 17.8 |
| 2007 | 15.3 |
| 2006 | 6.5 |
| 2005 | 8.2 |
| 2004 | 30.4 |
| 2003 | 14.5 |
| 2002 | 19.6 |
| 2001 | 60 |
| 2000 | 110.5 |
| 1999 | 26.4 |
| 1998 | 24.8 |
| 1997 | 148 |
| 1996 | 52.7 |
| 1995 | 26.5 |
| 1994 | 16.8 |
| 1993 | 10.5 |
| 1992 | 33 |
| 1991 | -1.2 |
| 1990 | 2.5 |
| 1989 | -1.2 |
| 1988 | 2.7 |
| 1987 | 4.4 |
| 1986 | -2.3 |
| 1985 | 12.9 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1982 | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 5.8 |
| 1980 | 4.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.7 |
| 2027 | -1 |
| 2028 | 1.6 |
| 2029 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 2.5 |
| 2031 | 2.3 |
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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Equatorial Guinea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.9% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$113M in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.16% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports12 million TIV in 2024