Equatorial Guinea’s nominal GDP fell to $12.8bn in 2025.

Higher is better. A higher figure means a larger pool of income and output that households, firms and the state can draw on, which is why higher is better here. The latest figure is $12.8bn for 2025, down from $13.3bn a year earlier, a fall of $0.43bn or 3.3%. Since 2016 the range runs from a low of $9.9bn in 2020 to a high of $13.7bn in 2022. The 2025 level therefore sits in the upper part of that range, a little below the 2022 peak.

Why it matters. In an economy this dependent on hydrocarbons, a smaller dollar total means less export income and less tax and royalty revenue for the state to spend on wages, infrastructure and subsidies. Firms that import goods priced in dollars feel the squeeze when that income shrinks. Households feel it through public budgets and through the jobs that depend on government and oil-linked contracts.