Equatorial Guinea's gross capital formation (current LCU) was -274.55 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 114.26% from 1.93 trillion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -274.55 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 397.98 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.93 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.7 trillion | 2012 |
| Lowest | -274.55 billion | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 585.86 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.71 trillion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Equatorial Guinea's gross capital formation (current LCU) fell 680.73 billion on 2024 (from 406.18 billion to -274.55 billion).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −68.68 billion and a typical year strayed about 635.45 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.48 trillion in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.42 trillion in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 116.77 billion a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Equatorial Guinea had the 131st highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Equatorial Guinea in the 2025 ranking
- Montenegro — 127th of 130: 2.2 billion
- São Tomé and Principe — 128th of 130: 1.86 billion
- Samoa — 129th of 130: 1.08 billion
What this measures
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 21 values
| Year | Gross capital formation (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -274,549,426,400 |
| 2024 | 406,182,000,000 |
| 2023 | 402,736,702,200 |
| 2022 | 626,517,000,000 |
| 2021 | 558,644,452,500 |
| 2020 | 397,975,000,000 |
| 2019 | 725,210,000,000 |
| 2018 | 909,445,000,000 |
| 2017 | 994,083,000,000 |
| 2016 | 1,112,358,000,000 |
Gross capital formation (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 11.06 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 5.12 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 78.46 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 2.77 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 52.07 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 6.63 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 166.01 billion (2025)
- Chad — 2.54 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 93.81 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 77.13 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Equatorial Guinea
- GDP (current US$) — US$12.82 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 7.46 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$6,615 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 3.85 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$11.61 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 6.76 trillion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 3.49 million (2025)
- Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current US$) — −US$1.21 billion (2025)
- Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) — -705.58 billion (2025)
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Equatorial Guinea's gross capital formation (current LCU)?
- -274.55 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 116.05% from 1.71 trillion in 2005. The highest value was 4.7 trillion in 2012 and the lowest -274.55 billion in 2025.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank?
- 131st highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross capital formation (current LCU) unusual for Equatorial Guinea?
- In 2025, Equatorial Guinea's gross capital formation (current LCU) fell 680.73 billion on 2024 (from 406.18 billion to -274.55 billion). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −68.68 billion and a typical year strayed about 635.45 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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