# Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea compared Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea side by side: 38 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 1 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/cmr-vs-gnq Updated: 2026-08-11 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Cameroon: 1 January 1960 — French Cameroun becomes independent as the UN trusteeship ends - Equatorial Guinea: 12 October 1968 — Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain ## Economy | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $53 B | 2024 | $13 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $1,830 | 2024 | $6,745 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 3.5% | 2024 | 0.9% | 2024 | | Inflation | 4.5% | 2024 | 2.9% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 34.4% | 2024 | 60.5% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 29 m | 2024 | 1.9 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 64.0 yrs | 2024 | 63.9 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 55.4% | 2024 | 71.4% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 4.3 | 2024 | 4.1 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 35.1 | 2024 | 26.6 | 2024 | | Political stability | 39.3 | 2024 | 63.5 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 35.8 | 2024 | 28.3 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 43.4 | 2024 | 32.8 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 35.4 | 2024 | 30.5 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 23.1 | 2024 | 18.0 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 4.6% | 2023 | 3.5% | 2023 | | Physicians | 0.14 | 2022 | 0.15 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 64.8 | 2024 | 68.0 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 71.0% | 2024 | 53.0% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 72.6% | 2018 | 88.3% | 2000 | | Education spending | 2.8% | 2023 | — | — | | Primary enrolment | 114.4% | 2024 | 47.5% | 2015 | | Secondary enrolment | 44.8% | 2023 | 17.8% | 2005 | | Tertiary enrolment | 16.7% | 2024 | 1.8% | 2000 | ## Technology | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 46.3% | 2024 | 63.3% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 108 | 2024 | 50 | 2022 | | High-tech exports | 2.1% | 2023 | — | — | ## Geography | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 472,710 km² | 2023 | 28,050 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 42.7% | 2023 | 86.4% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 20.9% | 2023 | 3.7% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.4 | 2024 | 2.6 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 79.2% | 2021 | 4.2% | 2022 | ## Resources | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 5.5% | 2021 | 23.5% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 2.4% | 2021 | 14.9% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 2.6% | 2021 | 1.9% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 72.0% | 2023 | 66.9% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Cameroon | Observed | Equatorial Guinea | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 1.0% | 2024 | 1.0% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $535 M | 2024 | $113 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 34,000 | 2020 | 1,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/CMR.md and https://terralore.co/country/GNQ.md. ## Entangled histories (1 event) Events in which either nation's sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the record exactly as its own chronicle carries it, with that chronicle's sources. - 1900: **Treaty of Paris fixes Río Muni** — The 1900 Treaty of Paris with France delimited Spain's mainland enclave of Río Muni at roughly 26,000 km², far smaller than Spain had claimed, setting the borders with French Cameroon and Gabon. (from the Equatorial Guinea chronicle; sources: History of Equatorial Guinea; Spanish Guinea) ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/CMR/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/GNQ/chronicle.md. 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