🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea GQ / GNQ #141

Nomad Score 33.0

Cities 5

Region African Union, Francophone, Lusophone, Hispanophone, OPEC, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa

Currency XAF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic under an authoritarian Dynasty#Hereditary dictatorship

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 15/100

Press Freedom (2025) 48.7/100 #118

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.172

HDI 0.674

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic under an authoritarian Dynasty#Hereditary dictatorship

Title	Name
President of Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Vice President of Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 15 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 48.7 / 100

Global Rank #118 / 180

Rank Change +9 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #136 32.1

Economic #160 27.7

Legal #120 49.6

Social #120 50.4

Safety #74 83.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.172

Liberal 0.047

Participatory 0.041

Deliberative 0.045

Egalitarian 0.108

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	48.7	118	32.1	27.7	49.6	50.4	83.6
2024	46.5	127	33.6	31.5	41.0	49.1	77.4
2023	50.4	120	43.9	36.9	57.9	39.6	73.5
2022	44.0	141	42.7	24.5	44.3	44.3	64.0
2021	44.3	164	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	43.6	165	-	-	-	-	93.1
2019	41.7	165	-	-	-	-	86.1
2018	33.5	171	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	33.5	171	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	33.5	168	-	-	-	-	62.9
2015	33.8	167	-	-	-	-	86.1
2014	32.1	168	-	-	-	-	-
2013	32.8	166	-	-	-	-	-
2012	86.0	161	-	-	-	-	-
2010	79.0	167	-	-	-	-	-
2009	65.5	158	-	-	-	-	-
2008	59.3	156	-	-	-	-	-
2007	65.3	153	-	-	-	-	-
2006	48.0	138	-	-	-	-	-
2005	44.0	133	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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