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General Information

Region		Middle Africa
Population (000, 2024)		1 892^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		67.5^a
Capital city		Malabo
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		296.8^d
UN membership date		12 November 1968
Surface area (km2)		28 052^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		111.5^a
National currency		CFA Franc, BEAC (XAF)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		593.6^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 176	10 099	11 767^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-9.1	-4.2	3.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	9 781.6	6 327.6	7 025.7^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	1.9	2.9	2.6^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	59	45.5	52.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	39.1	51.6	44.7^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	54.9	56.1	55.5^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	14.3	13	13.1^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	30.8	30.9	31.3^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	8.2	9	8.5
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	51.1 / 59.8	48.7 / 56.4	51.7 / 59.5
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	119	130	136^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	103	104	104^b
International trade: exports^f (million current US$)	6 566	2 823	4 719^e
International trade: imports^f (million current US$)	1 832	902	1 143^e
International trade: balance^f (million current US$)	4 734	1 921	3 576^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7	2.3	2.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	70.6	72.6^g	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	5.6^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.8	4.3	4.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	62.3 / 59.1	64.2 / 60.3	65.9 / 62.2^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	38.3 / 5.4	37.9 / 5.6	37.3 / 6.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	209.6 / 17.9^j	230.6 / 16.4^j	... / ...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	93.3	78.4	69.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^k,l (% of GDP)	2.3	3.9	3.4^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.3ⁿ	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	0.4	0.3^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	52.8 / 52.8	50.4 / 52.0^g	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	30.7 / 28.6	... / ...	... / ...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	24	21^o	32^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	21.3	55	66.8^b
Threatened species (number)	155	205	309^e
Forested area (% of land area)	88.8	87.3	87^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.1 / 4.5	5.8 / 3.6	6.8 / 4.2^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	822	559	542^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	81	66	76^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	100	100	100^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.07	0.08	0.14^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Bank of Central African States (BEAC).
d		2018
e		2023
f		Estimate.
g		2019
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
l		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2021
n		2017
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.