Distribution of the economic activity – 2007 (% of GDP)

Due to the changes in structures and activity, agriculture, the main economic activity in the past, barely occupies a place in the current economic distribution. The emigration of the rural population to the cities is one of the main challenges currently confronting the country, as well as the reactivation of sectors such as agricultures, which would permit contribution to the national supply of many products that at present it buys from other countries.
Source: World Bank

Evolution of the population of Equatorial Guinea (1994 - 2010)

The population of Equatorial Guinea is characterized by a young structure, marked by high birth and fertility rates and decreasing mortality.
Furthermore, it records high immigration into the country, which is comprised by the massive return of the natives and the entrance of foreigners.

Total population by gender according to region and province (2001)

The majority of the population of Equatorial Guinea is concentrated in the provinces of Litoral (LT) and Bioko Norte (BN) which hold 29.4% and 22.8% respectively, with the districts of Bata and Malabo, the economic capital and the political capital of the country, respectively, being the principal points of attraction.

Source: Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Development. Directorate General of Statistics and National Accounts. III GENERAL CENSUS OF THE POPULATION AND HOUSING – DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

Total population according to region (2001)

The majority of the population of Equatorial Guinea is concentrated in the Continental Region, with 74%.

Source: Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Development. Directorate General of Statistics and National Accounts. III GENERAL CENSUS OF THE POPULATION AND HOUSING 2001

Comparison of violence in other countries.

The existence of conflict in Equatorial Guinea is very low, and much lower than in other States, as can be seen in the ranking of the Global Peace Index.

Evolution of indicators of peace, comparative

The low index of possibility of terrorist activities, as well as the low crime rate and conflicts have made Equatorial Guinea an increasingly stable and peaceful country.

Level of respect for human rights, comparative

According to the Global Peace Index, the level of respect for human rights in 2009 reached the same rate in Equatorial Guinea as in Spain and is greater than that of the United States.

Main economic and financial indicators selected for 2006-2010

(Annual percentage variation, except as otherwise indicated)

Evolution of exports since the country’s independence.

Before the discovery of the oil, exports from Equatorial Guinea were practically insignificant.
Since the year of its independence up to 1979, the sale of products to other countries decreased categorically. From 1979 up to the middle of the 1990s, with the new government, a very slow improvement has been achieved.

In the mid-1990s, the new economic resources have permitted spectacular development in exports, but only since the end of the 1990s, comprising fifteen years, have the benefits of this income begun to be accounted for and become real.

Global Ranking of the adult literacy rate (%) 2008 Sub-African Region

According to the UNESCO’s statistics, Equatorial Guinea is the country with the highest literacy rate of the Sub-Saharan African region. In recent years, the Government has made large investments in adult education, in basic literacy as well as in the improvement of professionalism.

Global Ranking of Youth Literacy Rate (%) 2008 Sub-African Region

According to the UNESCO’s statistics, Equatorial Guinea is the fourth country with the highest literacy rate of the Sub-Saharan African region. Primary education is obligatory for all children throughout the country.

Decrease in child mortality in the Island of Bioko

Decrease in child mortality in the Island of Bioko In recent years the Government has worked intensely to improve health and reduce illnesses that affect, as in the rest of Africa, the population of Equatorial Guinea, especially malaria. The Malaria Control Project on the Island of Bioko (PCPIB), funded by the Equatorial Guinean Government with the participation of private entities, has achieved in only four years a reduction by almost a third of child mortality for any cause on the island: specifically, the mortality in children under 5 years of age, between the years of 2004 and 2008, decreased from 152 cases for every 1,000 births (average) to 55 cases for every 1,000 births (average). With these results, and as is shown in the article written by the researchers participating in the project in the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, with the title Marked Increase in Child Survival after Four Years of Intensive Malaria Control, “for Bioko, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for the reduction of child mortality by the year 2015 has already been achieved”.

Monthly variations in the CPI – January-December 2009

The Inflation Rate increases 5.72 percentage points
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a statistical measurement of the evolution of the prices of goods and services consumed by the population residing in family homes.
The set of goods and services that make up the shopping basket is obtained basically from family consumption and the importance of each of them in the calculation of the CPI is determined by this consumption.
Since January 2009 the methodology of the CPI was completely renewed. The methodological changes introduced in this System made the CPI a more dynamic and national indicator, that adapts better to the market’s evolution, since the price variations in five principal cities of the country, which represent nearly 58% of the national population, can be observed. In addition, new products can be included in the shopping basket at the time that their consumption begins to be significant.