Equatorial Guinea's imports of goods and services (current LCU) was 2.12 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 35.58% from 3.29 trillion in 2015 (4.3% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.12 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.11 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.29 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 5.12 trillion | 2012 |
| Lowest | 1.74 trillion | 2023 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.49 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.89 trillion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Equatorial Guinea's imports of goods and services (current LCU) fell 10% on 2024 (from 2.36 trillion to 2.12 trillion).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 23.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 49.1% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 29.3% in 2023. 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 117.22 billion a year. A straight line explains 55% 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 54th highest value of the 137 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
- South Africa — 51st of 137: 2.25 trillion
- Brazil — 52nd of 137: 2.23 trillion
- Dominican Republic — 53rd of 137: 2.2 trillion
- Iceland — 55th of 137: 2.1 trillion
- Nepal — 56th of 137: 2.09 trillion
- Chad — 57th of 137: 2.09 trillion
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. 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 | Imports of goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,120,172,216,700 |
| 2024 | 2,355,799,000,000 |
| 2023 | 1,740,903,000,000 |
| 2022 | 2,462,808,000,000 |
| 2021 | 2,156,805,650,000 |
| 2020 | 2,111,749,000,000 |
| 2019 | 2,912,907,000,000 |
| 2018 | 3,203,129,000,000 |
| 2017 | 3,086,392,000,000 |
| 2016 | 2,743,677,000,000 |
Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.08 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 2.87 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 100.94 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.83 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 159.59 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 6.96 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 598.83 billion (2025)
- Chad — 2.09 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 250.17 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 107.01 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 imports of goods and services (current LCU)?
- 2.12 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 12.17% from 1.89 trillion in 2005 (0.58% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5.12 trillion in 2012 and the lowest 1.74 trillion in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank?
- 54th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Equatorial Guinea?
- In 2025, Equatorial Guinea's imports of goods and services (current LCU) fell 10% on 2024 (from 2.36 trillion to 2.12 trillion). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 23.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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.IMP.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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