|
Country
|
Equatorial Guinea |
|
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
|
|
Population
|
685,991
| 103,537
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 74.390 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
|
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Kingstown (population: 24,518) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.766
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
|
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 96%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 6.5
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 18.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
|
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
|
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| English, French patois
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
|
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
|
|
| Exchange Rate |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
|
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
|
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
|
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 389 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 84 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
|
|
|
|
