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Equatorial Guinea – Current Account Balance

Name: Equatorial Guinea Current Account Balance
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Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank

-148.00% −61.00% from 1995 G20 rank: 1st · all-time high: 2.09% (1993)

Equatorial Guinea's current account balance was -148.00% in 1996, a decrease of +61.00% from -86.99% in 1995. This ranked 1st in the G20. The all-time high was 2.09% in 1993.

APA

Equatorial Guinea Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 11, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/equatorial-guinea/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_equatorial-guinea_current-account,
  title = {Equatorial Guinea Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/equatorial-guinea/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Equatorial Guinea Current Account Balance – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	-3.03%	–	–
2029* IMF	-3.14%	–	–
2028* IMF	-3.19%	–	–
2027* IMF	-3.25%	–	–
2026* IMF	-3.81%	–	–
2025* IMF	-3.04%	–	–
1996	-148.00%	−61.00%	1st
1995	-86.99%	−86.62%	1st
1994	-0.38%	−2.47%	95th
1993	2.09%	+9.94%	118th
1992	-7.85%	+28.86%	21st
1991	-36.71%	−19.77%	2nd
1990	-16.94%	+6.85%	9th
1989	-23.79%	−7.34%	4th
1988	-16.45%	+9.48%	4th
1987	-25.93%	–	3rd

* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

Detected Pattern▾

Currency Crisis Pattern

Rapid currency depreciation (>30% YoY) combined with reserve drawdown and inflation surge. Often precedes emergency rate hikes.

Inflation 31.8% Reserves YoY -18.8% FX YoY +96.1%

This pattern occurred 111 times in G20 history, 31 successful

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Reserves YoY

-48.5%

FX YoY

+126.8%

Ghana 2023

Inflation

38.1%

Reserves YoY

-30.4%

FX YoY

+33.2%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

Reserves YoY

-15.4%

FX YoY

+820.4%

Sierra Leone 2023

Inflation

47.6%

Reserves YoY

-20.6%

FX YoY

+51.7%

Ghana 2022

Inflation

31.3%

Reserves YoY

-47.5%

FX YoY

+42.5%

24 mo later

22.8%

Lao PDR 2022

Inflation

23.0%

Reserves YoY

-19.2%

FX YoY

+44.7%

24 mo later

23.1%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Equatorial Guinea matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1994. Historically, 28% of countries showing this pattern (31 out of 111) saw current account balance improve within 24 months. View full analysis →