Equatorial Guinea vs Eswatini

Equatorial Guinea and Eswatini compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Equatorial Guinea has about 1.5 times as many people as Eswatini: 1.9 million against 1.3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Equatorial Guinea ($6,615) is 61% higher than in Eswatini ($4,108) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Eswatini (4.2%) than in Equatorial Guinea (-5.8%), a difference of 10 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Equatorial Guinea (2.9% in 2024) than in Eswatini (2.6% in 2019), a difference of 0.3 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Eswatini (34.2%) than in Equatorial Guinea (8.3%), a difference of 25.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Eswatini can expect to live 0.4 years longer than one born in Equatorial Guinea: 64.3 years against 63.9 years in 2024.
• The population of Eswatini is older: half of its people are over 22 years, against 21 years in Equatorial Guinea in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Eswatini (63.4%) than in Equatorial Guinea (63.3%), a difference of 0.1 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Equatorial Guinea (2.6 tonnes) are about 3 times as high as in Eswatini (0.88 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Equatorial Guinea (86.1%) than in Eswatini (25.3%), a difference of 60.8 percentage points in 2024.