Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes was 1.68 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Equatorial Guinea is 1.68, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 2.34 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.7536, in 2002.
That places Equatorial Guinea 217th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.65 | — |
| 2001 | 0.7805 | -52.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7536 | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7792 | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.35 | +73.3% |
| 2005 | 1.65 | +22.5% |
| 2006 | 2.29 | +38.3% |
| 2007 | 1.88 | -17.9% |
| 2008 | 1.69 | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 1.58 | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 1.91 | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 1.64 | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 2.06 | +25.4% |
| 2013 | 2.34 | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 2.17 | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 2.16 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 2.02 | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 2.04 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.59 | -22.1% |
| 2019 | 1.57 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.76 | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 1.84 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.8 | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 1.69 | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 1.68 | -0.8% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 1.68 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.96, 18% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 1.68 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.23, 43% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes in Equatorial Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +73.3% | 0.7792 | 1.35 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.44 | 0.7536 | 2.29 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.95 | 1.57 | 2.34 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 | 1.68 | 1.84 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More development goals data for Equatorial Guinea
- Red List Index 0.7829 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 22.33 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 1,033 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 2 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 2 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 2 (2025)
- Infant deaths 2,632 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 1,490 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 5.28 (2024)
- Under-five deaths 3,727 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Equatorial Guinea?
- Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Equatorial Guinea was 1.68 in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.34 in 2013.
- What is the lowest domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7536 in 2002.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 217th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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