Equatorial Guinea vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Equatorial Guinea with a GDP of $13.4B ranked the 132nd largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan ranked 73rd vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Equatorial Guinea	South Sudan
GDP	$13.4B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	-5.7%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	-5.6%	N/A
Population	1.3M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$10k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	-9.5%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	250.74	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.45	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$23k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$9B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$6.8k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$22.9B	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$17k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Equatorial Guinea	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	1.3%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	11.2%	17.7%
Unemployment	9.2%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	48.3	41
Personal Freedom Index	6.6	3.7
Human Freedom Index	6.6	3.6
Property Rights Index	38.1	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	19.5	N/A
Business Freedom Index	37.5	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	77.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	34.2	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	40	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	30	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	48.8	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	78.1	N/A
Government Spending Index	86.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	75.1	N/A
Government Integrity Index	15.1	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	16	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	58.1	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	16.4	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	24.6	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.3	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	N/A	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Equatorial Guinea	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	35.9%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	N/A	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	15.5%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$48.9M	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$395.9M	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Equatorial Guinea	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	58.1%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	43.3%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$344M	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	17.2%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$7.2M	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$164k	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	56.7%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.4%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	9.8%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	21.3%	N/A