Equatorial Guinea
Inflation in Equatorial Guinea
Inflation in Equatorial Guinea: 16.7% a year in 1981 and 2.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.3% a year
- Since 1981
- −14.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 107 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 2.5% 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 2.5% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 84% a year in 1985, the lowest -17.6% a year in 1986.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | 4.8 |
| 2019 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 4.8 |
| 2010 | 5.3 |
| 2009 | 5.7 |
| 2008 | 4.7 |
| 2007 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 4.5 |
| 2005 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | 4.2 |
| 2003 | 7.3 |
| 2002 | 7.6 |
| 2001 | 8.7 |
| 2000 | 4.8 |
| 1999 | 0.4 |
| 1998 | 7.9 |
| 1997 | 3 |
| 1996 | 4.5 |
| 1995 | 19.9 |
| 1994 | 31.8 |
| 1993 | 5.5 |
| 1992 | -4.3 |
| 1991 | -3.4 |
| 1990 | 0.9 |
| 1989 | 6.1 |
| 1988 | 2.5 |
| 1987 | -13.2 |
| 1986 | -17.6 |
| 1985 | 84 |
| 1984 | 59.5 |
| 1983 | 60.1 |
| 1982 | 38.3 |
| 1981 | 16.7 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.3 |
| 2027 | 2.9 |
| 2028 | 2.6 |
| 2029 | 2.5 |
| 2030 | 2.5 |
| 2031 | 2.5 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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