GDP - real growth rate:
2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 152 5.3% (2009 est.)
11.3% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$37,900 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 28 $38,200 (2009 est.)
$37,200 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 93.9%
services: 3.8% (2010 est.)
Labor force:
195,200 NA (2007) country comparison to the world: 170
Unemployment rate:
30% (1998 est.) country comparison to the world: 181
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Investment (gross fixed):
29.1% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 20
Public debt:
4.1% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 130 5.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 191 7.1% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
4.25% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 100 4.75% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
NA% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$1.86 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 121 $1.295 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$2.207 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 $1.473 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$1.534 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 136 $3.579 billion (31 December 2008)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
Industries:
petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:
1.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 134
Electricity - production:
28 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 203
Electricity - consumption:
26.04 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 203
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
346,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 35
Oil - consumption:
1,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 200
Oil - exports:
362,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 35
Oil - imports:
1,114 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 186
Oil - proved reserves:
1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 40
Natural gas - production:
6.67 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 46
Natural gas - consumption:
1.5 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
Natural gas - exports:
5.17 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 26
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 85
Natural gas - proved reserves:
36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67
Current account balance:
-$1.477 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 151 -$1.883 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$10.24 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 85 $8.495 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
Exports - partners:
US 30.31%, China 12.54%, Japan 9.21%, Spain 7.5%, South Korea 7.01%,
Taiwan 5.63%, Italy 5.38%, Netherlands 4.09% (2009)
Imports:
$5.743 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 $5.258 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum sector equipment, other equipment
Imports - partners:
China 19.97%, US 17.28%, Spain 14.94%, France 9.49%, Cote d'Ivoire 6.34%, Italy 5.02% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.086 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 72 $3.252 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$832 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 153 $766 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs per US dollar - 506.04 (2010), 472.19 (2009), 447.81 (2008), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006)
Communications ::Equatorial Guinea
Telephones - main lines in use:
10,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 201
Telephones - mobile cellular:
445,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 161
Telephone system:
general assessment: digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and good mobile coverage
domestic: fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2009 stood at about 70 percent of the population
international: country code - 240; international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 state-owned radio station,