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Equatorial Guinea

2.0N 10.0E · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN · 12 OCTOBER 1968
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1979 – present · Obiang, oil, and inequality
7 EVENTS
October 1979 · Obiang takes power 2 REFS
March 1995 · Zafiro oil field discovered 2 REFS
1968 – 1979 · The terror of Macías Nguema
6 EVENTS
October 1968 · Macías Nguema becomes first president 3 REFS
1972–1979 · Mass killing and exile 3 REFS
1926 – 1968 · Spanish Guinea and the road to independence
4 EVENTS
1926 · Bioko and Río Muni united as Spanish Guinea 2 REFS
12 October 1968 · Independence from Spain 4 REFS
1827 – 1926 · The British base and the Spanish cocoa colony
5 EVENTS
1827 · Britain founds an anti-slavery base at Port Clarence 3 REFS
1843 · Britain withdraws to Sierra Leone 2 REFS
1472 – 1827 · Fernão do Pó, the Portuguese, and the cession to Spain
3 EVENTS
1472 · Fernão do Pó sights the island 3 REFS
11 March 1778 · Treaty of El Pardo cedes the islands to Spain 4 REFS
Before 1472 · Peoples of the island and the mainland
3 EVENTS
from c. 13th century · Bubi settle Bioko 3 REFS
pre-colonial era · Fang and Ndowe of Río Muni 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Malabo
Population
778,000
Area
28,051 km²
Region
Middle Africa
Languages
French, Portuguese, Spanish
Currency
Central African CFA franc (Fr)
Demonym
Equatorial Guinean
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$13 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$6,615’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-5.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.9%’24 WB-WDI
Trade openness
74.9%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
1.9 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
63.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
71.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.1’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
88.3%’00 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
26.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
63.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
28.3’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
32.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
30.5’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
18.0’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.15’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
68.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
53.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
88.3%’00 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
47.5%’15 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
17.8%’05 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
1.8%’00 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
63.3%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
50’22 WB-ITU

Geography

Land area
28,050 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
86.4%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
3.7%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
2.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
4.2%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
23.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
14.9%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.9%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
65.1%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$113 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
1,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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