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General Information

Region		Middle Africa
Population (000, 2025)		1 938^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		69.1^a
Capital city		Malabo
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		296.8^d
UN membership date		12 November 1968
Surface area (km2)		28 052^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		111.4^a
National currency		CFA Franc, BEAC (XAF)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		631.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 185	9 894	12 117^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-9.1	-4.8	-5.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	9 069.0	5 764.0	6 558.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	1.9	3.2	2.9^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	59	45.5	51.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	39.1	51.4	45.9^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	54.4	56.1	55.9^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	14.2	12.9	12.7^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	31.4	31	31.4^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	8	8.8	7.7
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	53.5 / 67.2	50.7 / 63.5	52.4 / 66.2
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	119	130	136^g
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	103	104	104^b
International trade: exports^f (million current US$)	6 566	2 826	4 306^e
International trade: imports^f (million current US$)	1 832	1 351	1 071^e
International trade: balance^f (million current US$)	4 734	1 476	3 235^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7	2.3	2.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	70.6	72.6^h	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	5.6ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.8	4.3	4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	62.3 / 59.1	64.2 / 60.3	66.1 / 62.4^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	38.3 / 5.4	37.9 / 5.6	37.1 / 6.2^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	209.6 / 14.4	230.6 / 13.4	248.9 / 13.2^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	...	~0.0^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	93.3	78.4	67.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^l,m (% of GDP)	2.3	4	2.9^g
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.3ⁿ	0.2^g
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	47.5 / 47.6	50.5 / 51.8	48.8 / 49.8^o
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	27.5 / 25.7	... / ...	... / ...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	24	21^p	31^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	21.3	55	60.4^b
Threatened species (number)	155	205	314^e
Forested area (% of land area)	88.8	87.3	86.7^g
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.1 / 4.2	5.7 / 3.3	7.3 / 4.0^g
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	822	559	558^g
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	75	61	73^g
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	100	100	100^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.08	0.1	0.13^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Bank of Central African States (BEAC).
d		2018
e		2024
f		Estimate.
g		2022
h		2019
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Refers to foreign citizens.
l		Est. should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
m		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
n		2017
o		2021
p		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.