Equatorial Guinea: Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Equatorial Guinea's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 0.9 percentage points on 2024 (from 29.31% to 28.41%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.75 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 11.04 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.63 percentage points in 2011. 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 2.25 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 76% 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 103rd 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 — 99th of 137: 29.5%
• Gabon — 100th of 137: 29.4%
• Uganda — 101st of 137: 28.76%
• Sierra Leone — 103rd of 137: 28.21%
• Saudi Arabia — 104th of 137: 28.17%
• Ecuador — 105th of 137: 27.92%

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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 21 values

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 11.67% (2025)
• Benin — 20.06% (2025)
• Botswana — 37.51% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 30.01% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 53.35% (2025)
• Cameroon — 20.3% (2025)
• Central African Republic — 33.56% (2025)
• Chad — 16.72% (2025)
• Comoros — 31.59% (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 43.92% (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)

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Questions people ask

What is Equatorial Guinea's imports of goods and services (% of GDP)?

28.41% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is down 15.19 percentage points from 43.61% in 2005. The highest value was 58.91% in 2010 and the lowest 22.88% in 2023.

How does Equatorial Guinea rank?

103rd highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (% of GDP) unusual for Equatorial Guinea?

In 2025, Equatorial Guinea's imports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 0.9 percentage points on 2024 (from 29.31% to 28.41%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.75 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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.IMP.GNFS.ZS, 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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