Central government expense in Equatorial Guinea

Central government expense in Equatorial Guinea was equal to 11.0% of GDP in 2022.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2006 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea, 2022 11.0% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +0.7percentage points 2021: 10.4%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Equatorial Guinea over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period Equatorial GuineaWorld
2022 11.0% 28.5%
2021 10.4% 31.7%
2020 12.3% 33.4%
2019 11.4% 26.7%
2018 10.3% 26.1%
2017 9.9% 26.3%
2016 10.2% 26.6%
2015 9.9% 26.8%
2014 7.1% 26.8%
2013 8.0% 27.1%
2012 7.1% 27.4%
2011 5.0% 27.5%
2010 5.6% 28.4%
2009 4.9% 28.4%
2008 4.2% 25.9%
2007 3.4% 24.8%
2006 3.7% 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 10.4% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 7.1%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 28.5%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2022 for Equatorial Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics