Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 89.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea is 89.0%, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 94.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 85.4%, in 2017.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 140th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 94.0% | — |
| 2010 | 89.7% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 92.9% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 94.4% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 93.7% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 93.1% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 92.4% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 86.6% | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 85.4% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 89.2% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 89.0% | -0.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 89.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 92% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 89.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 90.6% | 85.4% | 94.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2028 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -12.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Equatorial Guinea was 89.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 94.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.4% in 2017.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.