🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Equatorial Guinea government debt. The national debt currently stands at
approximately $4.7 billion, growing at $5 per second based on IMF projections. Debt-to-GDP: 35%. Per-citizen share: $2,780.
The IMF's latest actual fiscal data for Equatorial Guinea is for 2015; later years are IMF estimates.
Among the 194 governments tracked here, Equatorial Guinea ranks 148th by debt-to-GDP, 150th by total debt and 116th by debt per person.
Equatorial Guinea's Debt Trajectory (2015–2025)
Equatorial Guinea's ratio has declined from its high for the period of 49% (2020) to roughly 35% at end-2025. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government gross debt.
Equatorial Guinea Net Debt and Interest
The IMF puts Equatorial Guinea's net debt at 22% of GDP, against 35% gross. Net debt subtracts the financial assets a government holds against what it owes. The IMF's figures put Equatorial Guinea's net interest bill at about 0.8% of GDP in 2025, about $104 million, or 5.0% of government revenue. That is 104th of the 177 governments ranked by interest as a share of revenue.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net debt leaves out equity holdings, and what counts as an asset varies by country. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Data · method.
About Equatorial Guinea's National Debt
Equatorial Guinea's debt-to-GDP ratio of 35% is low by international standards: higher than 24% of the 194 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Equatorial Guinea ranks 150th of the 194 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $5 per second, Equatorial Guinea adds about $432 thousand to its government debt every day — roughly $158 million per year. Each of Equatorial Guinea's 2 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $2,780. That is below the world average of roughly $14,700 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Equatorial Guinea National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Equatorial Guinea's national debt right now?
Equatorial Guinea's national debt is approximately $4.7 billion as of November 8, 2026, growing at $5 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 35% and each citizen's share is about $2,780.
How fast is Equatorial Guinea's debt growing?
Equatorial Guinea's government debt is growing at approximately $5 per second — about $432 thousand per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Equatorial Guinea's debt per capita?
Each of Equatorial Guinea's 2 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $2,780 of the national debt.
What is Equatorial Guinea's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Equatorial Guinea's debt-to-GDP ratio is 35%. That is higher than 24% of the 194 governments tracked here.
What is Equatorial Guinea's net debt?
The IMF puts Equatorial Guinea's net debt at 22% of GDP, against 35% gross. Net debt subtracts the financial assets a government holds against what it owes.
How much interest does Equatorial Guinea pay on its debt?
The IMF's figures put Equatorial Guinea's net interest bill at about 0.8% of GDP in 2025, about $104 million, or 5.0% of government revenue.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 4,544,558,585 + 5 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=gq (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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