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Topic 06 of 12 · Country Index 2026
Equatorial Guinea: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Equatorial Guinea is placed 148th of 194 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Maternal Mortality Ratio 173.66 (2023); Human Development Index 0.674 (2023).
Development & Human Capital
148th
of 194 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Equatorial Guinea on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country in that edition, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
Why it is a key: Whether a woman survives giving birth — the reach of a health system at the moment it is hardest to fake.
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
173.66
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Equatorial Guinea: 173.66. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.
- World median
- 46.65
- Best in Middle Africa
- 75.36 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 258.23 · Gabon 232.66
Each grey tick is one of 195 countries in the 2023 edition.
Key 2 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
Why it is a key: The standard composite of health, schooling and income, carrying UNDP's own published rank.
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.674
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 133rd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Equatorial Guinea: 0.674. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.
- World median
- 0.762
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.733 Gabon
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 0.588 · Gabon 0.733
Each grey tick is one of 193 countries in the 2023 edition.
Key 3 of 3
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Why it is a key: How much food a hectare of land produces: the clearest single measure of agricultural productivity.
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
FAO publishes no 2023 figure for Equatorial Guinea, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in Middle Africa
- 2,004 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 1,770 · Gabon 1,588
Each grey tick is one of 179 countries in the 2023 edition.
02Over time
Which way Equatorial Guinea is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea fell from 405.62 in 2000 to 173.66 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2023 174 46.7 2022 183 53.0 2021 202 76.6 2020 196 56.0 2019 198 48.4 2018 204 49.3 2017 212 47.2 2016 216 50.6 2015 222 51.9 2014 227 52.8 2013 236 53.3 2012 245 54.6 2011 254 55.0 2010 259 56.1 2009 267 56.3 2008 276 55.8 2007 289 56.8 2006 299 58.1 2005 312 60.1 2004 323 63.0 2003 343 66.8 2002 364 66.0 2001 388 68.1 2000 406 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea rose from 0.508 in 2000 to 0.674 in 2023; the world median went from 0.672 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2023 0.674 0.7620 2022 0.677 0.7610 2021 0.671 0.7450 2020 0.668 0.7425 2019 0.667 0.7515 2018 0.663 0.7520 2017 0.661 0.7480 2016 0.659 0.7500 2015 0.656 0.7430 2014 0.652 0.7410 2013 0.644 0.7390 2012 0.635 0.7350 2011 0.624 0.7250 2010 0.612 0.7250 2009 0.615 0.7220 2008 0.613 0.7180 2007 0.603 0.7100 2006 0.591 0.7045 2005 0.566 0.6960 2004 0.552 0.6960 2003 0.541 0.6910 2002 0.536 0.6845 2001 0.521 0.6770 2000 0.508 0.6720
03In context
Equatorial Guinea beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 194 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
1st194thNot placed · 30 countries with too few key statisticsNo data
Equatorial Guinea and the countries it borders
The standing is each country’s place among all 194 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gabon | =144th | 232.66 | 0.733 | 1,588 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 148th | 173.66 | 0.674 | — |
 Cameroon | 160th | 258.23 | 0.588 | 1,770 |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 194.
Placed either side on development & human capital
The countries immediately above and below Equatorial Guinea in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Equatorial Guinea is ahead of the world, and behind
29 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Equatorial Guinea does better than the middle country measured.
GNI per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 14,27316,18214,273▼ Worsened since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 16,182 · world median 14,273 · GNI per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,181 to 116,633; higher is better.
Position 45th of 102 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Behind the world median22
Statistics on which Equatorial Guinea does worse than the middle country measured.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.23104.28106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Equatorial Guinea: 104.28 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 107th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08103.43106.08▼ Worsened since 2012
Equatorial Guinea: 103.43 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 113th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,26513,78617,265▼ Worsened since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 13,786 · world median 17,265 · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,067 to 139,593; higher is better.
Position 108th of 185 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDIUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6780.6440.678▲ Improved since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 0.644 · world median 0.678 · PHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.276 to 0.827; higher is better.
Position 92nd of 156 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3412.4913.34▲ Improved since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 12.49 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 127th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9338.2819.933No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 8.281 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 126th of 193 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Income Share Held by Lowest 20%World Bank Group · 2022 · world median 7.086.437.08No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 6.43 · world median 7.08 · Share of national income held by the poorest fifth (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 3.22 to 10.36; higher is better.
Position 50th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Gini IndexWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 33.9138.5433.91No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 38.54 · world median 33.91 · Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 24.08 to 54.82; lower is better.
Position 20th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 13.826.213.8No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 26.2 · world median 13.8 · Children under 5 who are stunted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.518 to 52.8; lower is better.
Position 39th of 162 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.129.517.1No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 29.5 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.
Position 33rd of 143 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Prosperity GapWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 2.1184.7342.118No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 4.734 · world median 2.118 · Average factor incomes must rise by to reach $28 a day. World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.43 to 24.43; lower is better.
Position 16th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 0.421.810.42No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 1.81 · world median 0.42 · Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 44.72; lower is better.
Position 13th of 69 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 10.7958.1210.79No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 58.12 · world median 10.79 · Population below $8.30 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.04 to 96.28; lower is better.
Position 13th of 73 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10065.1100▼ Worsened since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 65.1 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 1.058.791.05No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 8.79 · world median 1.05 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 81.36; lower is better.
Position 11th of 71 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6363.7174.63No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 63.71 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.
Position 199th of 222 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.453.598.4No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 53.5 · world median 98.4 · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.7 to 100; higher is better.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.5467.9714.54No real change since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 67.97 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.
Position 14th of 200 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Social Protection CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 52.15.252.1No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 5.2 · world median 52.1 · Population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.0686.55107.06▼ Worsened since 2012
Equatorial Guinea: 86.55 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 184th of 194 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.747.440.74No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 7.4 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 133rd of 136 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.332.1569.3▼ Worsened since 2020
Equatorial Guinea: 32.15 · world median 69.3 · SPI overall score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 27.12 to 94.14; higher is better.
Position 186th of 188 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.2622.3111.26Moved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 22.31 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 11th of 132 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.5723.2076.572Moved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 3.207 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 108th of 158 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Household ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 62.0453.1762.04Moved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 53.17 · world median 62.04 · Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 25.21 to 133.34.
Position 98th of 131 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.0290.109Moved since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 0.029 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 161st of 206 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.145.05162.14No real change since 2012
Equatorial Guinea: 5.051 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 153rd of 171 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.5790.1022.579Moved since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 0.102 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 118th of 130 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Equatorial Guinea
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Agricultural Irrigated Land, Agriculture Orientation Index (last 2023), Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Cereal Yield, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Cost of Sending Remittances, Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, Dietary Energy Supply, Gender Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, Human Capital Index, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Land Under Cereal Production, Organic Agricultural Area, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Equatorial Guinea’s 9 topics
Development & Human Capital is Equatorial Guinea’s 4th best-placed topic of 9. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Risk & Resilience34th of 1913/3 keys
- Peace & Security131st of 1773/3 keys
- Work & Labour138th of 1824/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital148th of 1942/3 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 120th of 1502/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties184th of 1983/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge170th of 1822/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing190th of 2012/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 187th of 1935/5 keys
No standing on Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Mobility & Connectivity: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on development & human capital
The three countries placed highest of 194, and the leaders Equatorial Guinea can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 194 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
BelgiumWestern Europe
2nd of 194 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Gf uip · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
GermanyWestern Europe
3rd of 194 · 3 of 3 keys
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Egypt55th3/3 keysHighest in Middle Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe134th3/3 keysThis page
Equatorial Guinea148th2/3 keys
Positions out of 194 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Equatorial Guinea and development & human capital
On development & human capital
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On development & human capital
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita. India is the better placed on five of them; Pakistan on one.
08Questions
Equatorial Guinea on development & human capital: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank on development & human capital?
Equatorial Guinea is placed 148th of 194 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Maternal Mortality Ratio and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Equatorial Guinea?
173.66 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.
What is the latest Human Development Index figure for Equatorial Guinea?
0.674 in 2023 (hDI score (0–1)), according to UNDP Human Development Report Office. The world median in the same edition was 0.762.
How does Equatorial Guinea compare with Cameroon on development & human capital?
Cameroon is placed 160th of 194, and Equatorial Guinea 148th. Maternal Mortality Ratio: Cameroon 258.23, Equatorial Guinea 173.66; Human Development Index: Cameroon 0.588, Equatorial Guinea 0.674.
How have Equatorial Guinea’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 405.62 in 2000 to 173.66 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.508 in 2000 to 0.674 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Equatorial Guinea?
No current reading is published for Equatorial Guinea on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Agricultural Irrigated Land, Agriculture Orientation Index, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Cereal Yield, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Cost of Sending Remittances, Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, Dietary Energy Supply, Gender Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, Human Capital Index, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Land Under Cereal Production, Organic Agricultural Area, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
Explore further
Equatorial Guinea, topic by topic
Nearby, on development & human capital
The key statistics, for every country
10Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 3 indicators on this topic are keys and 49 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. All of them describe 2023.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 3 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 194 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 3.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- Maternal Mortality Ratio — UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Human Development Index — UNDP Human Development Report Office, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 29 statistics on this page come from 9 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Equatorial Guinea’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Equatorial Guinea (banner) — Mehlauge, CC BY-SA 3.0
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Belgium — Gf uip, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Germany — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Equatorial Guinea: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/equatorial-guinea/development