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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Equatorial Guinea: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Equatorial Guinea is placed joint 160th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.126 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 16.18 (2025).
Share
Digital & Technology
joint160th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.126GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 16.18Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- -0.34Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 21.99Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Equatorial Guinea on digital & technology — 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 it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.126
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Equatorial Guinea: 0.126. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.593 Angola
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 0.378 · Gabon 0.258
16.18
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 187th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Equatorial Guinea: 16.18. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Middle Africa
- 34.91 Cameroon
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 34.91 · Gabon 28.41
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.34
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Equatorial Guinea: -0.34. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.383 Gabon
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon -1.244 · Gabon 0.383
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
21.99
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Equatorial Guinea: 21.99. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Middle Africa
- 37.94 Republic of the Congo
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 33.2 · Gabon 30.28
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.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea fell from 28.04 in 2023 to 16.18 in 2025; the world median went from 41.37 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2025 16 40.2 2024 27 43.3 2023 28 41.4 2022 — 40.3 2021 — 44.1 2020 — 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea rose from -1.162 in 2000 to -0.34 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2025 -0.3 0.20 2024 -0.3 0.11 2023 -0.3 0.14 2022 -0.3 0.16 2021 -0.3 0.12 2020 -0.3 0.12 2019 -0.3 0.10 2018 -0.3 -0.05 2017 -0.3 -0.08 2016 -0.3 -0.10 2015 -0.3 -0.17 2014 -0.3 -0.21 2013 -0.3 -0.21 2012 -0.3 -0.25 2011 -0.3 -0.32 2010 -0.6 -0.31 2009 -0.8 -0.50 2008 -0.8 -0.51 2007 -0.8 -0.51 2006 -0.8 -0.55 2005 -0.8 -0.55 2004 -1.2 -0.55 2003 -1.2 -0.55 2002 -1.2 -0.51 2001 -1.2 -0.51 2000 -1.2 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea fell from 22.49 in 2010 to 21.99 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2024 22.0 25.42 2023 22.4 26.03 2022 20.5 26.04 2021 24.1 29.80 2020 24.7 29.47 2019 10.1 18.36 2018 20.0 20.09 2017 13.5 18.32 2016 9.3 18.15 2015 7.5 19.57 2014 11.0 21.00 2013 14.1 20.50 2012 14.9 19.56 2011 10.8 19.21 2010 22.5 19.88
03In context
Equatorial Guinea beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Equatorial Guinea and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gabon | 114th | 0.258 | 28.41 | 0.383 | 30.28 |
 Cameroon | 127th | 0.378 | 34.91 | -1.244 | 33.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | =160th | 0.126 | 16.18 | -0.34 | 21.99 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Equatorial Guinea in the topic’s list.
Barbados157th
Lesotho158th
Tonga159th- Equatorial Guinea=160th
Suriname=160th
Maldives162nd
Djibouti163rd
04Context, no vote
Where Equatorial Guinea is ahead of the world, and behind
10 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median8
Statistics on which Equatorial Guinea does worse than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.3250.206▲ Improved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 0.325 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 31st of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2230.5964.22No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 30.59 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3553.4932.35No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 53.49 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 29th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.716-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: -1.716 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 147th of 176 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.0361.023▲ Improved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: -1.036 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 148th of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-1.4640.505▲ Improved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: -1.464 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 157th of 176 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3922.0562.39No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 22.05 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 169th of 181 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.1440.485No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 0.144 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 162nd of 170 · derived.
No better end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,6702,28984,670Moved since 2020
Equatorial Guinea: 2,289 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4542,897141,454No real change since 2020
Equatorial Guinea: 2,897 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
No current reading for Equatorial Guinea
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, GitHub Git Pushes, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports (last 2023), Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Equatorial Guinea’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Equatorial Guinea’s 9th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability33rd of 1862/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience85th of 1933/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade115th of 1772/4 keys
- Energy122nd of 1652/3 keys
- Work & Labour138th of 1824/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality123rd of 1593/3 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 137th of 1774/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital156th of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 160th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation153rd of 1763/4 keys
- Gender & Equality166th of 1833/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties188th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 192nd of 2002/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge196th of 1983/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions193rd of 1944/4 keys
No standing on Food & Agriculture: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Equatorial Guinea can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysHighest in Middle Africa
Angola=106th4/4 keysThis page
Equatorial Guinea=160th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 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.
07Questions
Equatorial Guinea on digital & technology: 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 digital & technology?
Equatorial Guinea is placed joint 160th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Equatorial Guinea?
0.126 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Equatorial Guinea?
16.18 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Equatorial Guinea compare with Cameroon on digital & technology?
Cameroon is placed 127th of 198, and Equatorial Guinea joint 160th. GovTech Maturity Index: Cameroon 0.378, Equatorial Guinea 0.126; Government AI Readiness Index: Cameroon 34.91, Equatorial Guinea 16.18; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Cameroon -1.244, Equatorial Guinea -0.34; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Cameroon 33.2, Equatorial Guinea 21.99.
How have Equatorial Guinea’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 28.04 in 2023 to 16.18 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.162 in 2000 to -0.34 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 22.49 in 2010 to 21.99 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Equatorial Guinea?
No current reading is published for Equatorial Guinea on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, GitHub Git Pushes, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 10 statistics on this page come from 5 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
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Equatorial Guinea: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/equatorial-guinea/digital