Human Development & Quality of Life in Equatorial Guinea
HDI 0.674 · UNDP rank 133 · latest published data
The headline development measure for Equatorial Guinea is HDI 0.674 in 2023, corresponding to UNDP rank 133 and the medium human development band. Two details sharpen that picture. The income component uses GNI per capita of $12,762 in 2021 PPP dollars. The planetary-pressure adjustment is limited at 4.5%, leaving PHDI at 0.644.
What sits inside Equatorial Guinea's HDI
Equatorial Guinea's HDI can be read through four underlying inputs for 2023: 63.7 life expectancy, 12.5 expected schooling, 8.3 mean schooling and GNI per capita of $12,762 in 2021 PPP dollars. The components are inputs to HDI, not independent country league tables.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Alongside the headline HDI, the published data for Equatorial Guinea include PHDI 0.644. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
For Equatorial Guinea, the page has no verified OECD life-satisfaction observation to report. Missing source coverage is shown as a limitation, not filled with an estimate. When using this figure elsewhere, preserve the distinction between level and distribution rather than creating a broader claim than the source supports.
What Equatorial Guinea's numbers say together
For Equatorial Guinea, the planetary-pressure adjustment changes the index by 4.5%. Read together, these measures show why human development, distribution, environmental pressure and experienced well-being should not be treated as interchangeable.
HDI for Equatorial Guinea stands at 0.674 in 2023, with UNDP rank 133. It is a development benchmark based on three dimensions, not an all-purpose national score. For a like-for-like reading, use the UNDP definition rather than a proxy before drawing conclusions from small differences.
The PHDI is 0.644, with a 4.5% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Equatorial Guinea's HDI?
For the 2023 observation year, UNDP reports HDI 0.674 and rank 133 for Equatorial Guinea.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Equatorial Guinea?
For Equatorial Guinea, the inequality-adjusted value is not published in the source table. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Equatorial Guinea simply to complete the layout. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The Human Development Index summarizes health, education and income outcomes. Quality-of-life evidence is presented alongside HDI only when a comparable observation is available. For the evidence on this page, keep missing fields explicitly missing instead of treating all development measures as interchangeable.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.