If you lived in Equatorial Guinea instead of Mozambique, you would:

Health

see 4.3 times more spent on your healthcare

Mozambique spends $143 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Equatorial Guinea spends $609 as of 2023.

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be 33.7% less likely to die by suicide

Mozambique has a suicide rate of 10.6 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Equatorial Guinea, it is 7.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 80.3% more likely to be obese

In Mozambique, 10.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 19.2% of people as of 2024.

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have 12.6% fewer doctors per person

Mozambique has 1.8 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Equatorial Guinea has 1.5 as of 2022.

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Economy

be 22.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mozambique, 65.0% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Equatorial Guinea, however, that number is 50.7% as of 2022.

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make 10.6 times more money

Mozambique has a GDP per capita of $627 as of 2025, while in Equatorial Guinea, the GDP per capita is $6,615 as of 2025.

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be 25.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Mozambique, 6.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 8.3% as of 2025.

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Life

be 75.8% more likely to die during childbirth

In Mozambique, approximately 99.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Equatorial Guinea, 174.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 19.0% fewer children

In Mozambique, there are approximately 37.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, there are 30.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 85.8% more likely to have access to electricity

In Mozambique, approximately 36% of people have electricity access (79% in urban areas, and 9% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 67% of people on average (89% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 3.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Mozambique, approximately 20.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, about 63.3% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 58.8% less on healthcare

Mozambique spends 8.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 3.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 88.0% less coastline

Mozambique has a total of 2,470 km of coastline. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 296 km.

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Safety

be 41.8% less likely to die in a road accident

In Mozambique, road accidents kill 20.1 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Equatorial Guinea, they kill 11.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 89.7% less strain on fresh water

Mozambique withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Equatorial Guinea withdraws 0% as of 2022.

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use 2.0 times more electricity

Mozambique uses 391 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Equatorial Guinea uses 792 kWh as of 2023.

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find 28.6% less home broadband

Mozambique has 0.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Equatorial Guinea has 0.1 as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 8.8 times more CO2

Mozambique emits 0.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Equatorial Guinea emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

Equatorial Guinea: At a glance

Equatorial Guinea is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 28,051 sq km. Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule. This tiny country, composed of a mainland portion plus five inhabited islands, is one of the smallest on the African continent. President Teodoro Obiang NGUEMA MBASOGO has ruled the country since 1979 when he seized power in a coup. Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, the 1996, 2002, and 2009 presidential elections - as well as the 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2013 legislative elections - were widely seen as flawed. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and has discouraged political opposition. Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil exporter. Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production, resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, improvements in the population's living standards have been slow to develop.
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