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Congo vs Equatorial Guinea

96 shared metrics.

CongoLeads in 53

vs96 shared

Equatorial GuineaLeads in 43

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Congo

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of the Congo.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: named for the Congo River, which makes up much of the country's eastern border.

CIA 2026

Equatorial Guinea

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country is named for the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel.

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Analysis

Congo leads in 53 of 96 shared metrics, while Equatorial Guinea leads in 43.

Congo's Shipping Traffic is 160.1x that of Equatorial Guinea (1000.0K vs 6.2K).

Congo's Scientific Publications is 29.2x that of Equatorial Guinea (90.39 vs 3.0).

Congo's Renewable Energy (%) is 16.0x that of Equatorial Guinea (71.4% vs 4.2%).

Congo's Land Area is 11.2x that of Equatorial Guinea (341.5K km² vs 28.1K km²).

Congo's Armed Forces Personnel is 11.0x that of Equatorial Guinea (12.0K vs 1.0K).

Key Comparisons

Shipping TrafficCongo leads

Congo

1000.0K

Equatorial Guinea

6.2K

Scientific PublicationsCongo leads

Congo

90.39

Equatorial Guinea

3.0

Renewable Energy (%)Congo leads

Congo

71.4%

Equatorial Guinea

4.2%

Land AreaCongo leads

Congo

341.5K km²

Equatorial Guinea

28.1K km²

Armed Forces PersonnelCongo leads

Congo

12.0K

Equatorial Guinea

1.0K

Land Border LengthCongo leads

Congo

5.6K km

Equatorial Guinea

528 km

All Metrics

Shipping Traffic

Congo

1000.0K

Equatorial Guinea

6.2K

16011% higher

Scientific Publications

Congo

90.39

Equatorial Guinea

3.0

2923% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Congo

71.4%

Equatorial Guinea

4.2%

1600% higher

Land Area

Congo

341.5K km²

Equatorial Guinea

28.1K km²

1117% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Congo

12.0K

Equatorial Guinea

1.0K

1100% higher

Land Border Length

Congo

5.6K km

Equatorial Guinea

528 km

952% higher

Forest Area

Congo

219.0K km²

Equatorial Guinea

24.2K km²

804% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Congo

31.19%

Equatorial Guinea

3.7%

735% higher

Airports

Congo

Equatorial Guinea

7.0

700% higher

Population

Congo

6.10M

Equatorial Guinea

1.80M

240% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Congo

0.37

Equatorial Guinea

0.11

233% higher

Electricity Generation

Congo

5.2 TWh

Equatorial Guinea

1.6 TWh

229% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Congo

128.7% of GDP

Equatorial Guinea

43.3% of GDP

197% higher

GDP Growth Rate

Congo

2.6%

Equatorial Guinea

0.91%

184% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Congo

3.8% of GDP

Equatorial Guinea

1.5% of GDP

161% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Congo

40.5% of youth labor force

Equatorial Guinea

15.74% of youth labor force

157% higher

Unemployment Rate

Congo

19.69%

Equatorial Guinea

7.8%

152% higher

Border Neighbors

Congo

5.0

Equatorial Guinea

2.0

150% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Congo

0.12

Equatorial Guinea

0.05

145% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Congo

842.0K kW

Equatorial Guinea

349.0K kW

141% higher

Comparison of Congo and Equatorial Guinea across 96 metrics
				Winner
Shipping Traffic	1000.0K	6.2K	16011% higher	Congo
Scientific Publications	90.39	3.0	2923% higher	Congo
Renewable Energy (%)	71.4%	4.2%	1600% higher	Congo
Land Area	341.5K km²	28.1K km²	1117% higher	Congo
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	1.0K	1100% higher	Congo
Land Border Length	5.6K km	528 km	952% higher	Congo
Forest Area	219.0K km²	24.2K km²	804% higher	Congo
Agricultural Land (%)	31.19%	3.7%	735% higher	Congo
Airports	56	7.0	700% higher	Congo
Population	6.10M	1.80M	240% higher	Congo
Freedom of Expression Index	0.37	0.11	233% higher	Congo
Electricity Generation	5.2 TWh	1.6 TWh	229% higher	Congo
Government Debt (% GDP)	128.7% of GDP	43.3% of GDP	197% higher	Congo
GDP Growth Rate	2.6%	0.91%	184% higher	Congo
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	161% higher	Congo
Youth Unemployment Rate	40.5% of youth labor force	15.74% of youth labor force	157% higher	Congo
Unemployment Rate	19.69%	7.8%	152% higher	Congo
Border Neighbors	5.0	2.0	150% higher	Congo
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.05	145% higher	Congo
Electric Generating Capacity	842.0K kW	349.0K kW	141% higher	Congo
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.35% of firms	8.1% of firms	139% higher	Congo
Water Withdrawal	0.05 B m³	0.02 B m³	132% higher	Congo
Firms Hit by Power Outages	77.11% of firms	33.32% of firms	131% higher	Congo
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	100% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Protected Land (%)	36.8%	19%	94% higher	Congo
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	96 per 100 people	50 per 100 people	92% higher	Congo
Merchant Fleet Size	11	53	79% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Total CO2 Emissions	8.5 Mt CO2e	4.8 Mt CO2e	75% higher	Congo
Population Density	18.11 /km²	65.87 /km²	73% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Water Stress (%)	0.02%	0.08%	73% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Health Spending Per Capita	$50.61	$190.09	73% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Highest Elevation	1.0K m	3.0K m	66% lower	Equatorial Guinea
CO2 Per Capita	1.4 t/person/yr	3.7 t/person/yr	62% lower	Equatorial Guinea
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,026.36	$17,566.76	60% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Imports (% GDP)	40.41% of GDP	25.38% of GDP	59% higher	Congo
Spirits Consumption	0.52 L/person/yr	1.2 L/person/yr	55% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Obesity Rate	8.0%	17.16%	54% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Women in Parliament (%)	14.57%	32%	54% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Corruption Perceptions Index	23 pts	15 pts	53% higher	Congo
GNI Per Capita	$2,280	$4,740	52% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Energy Use (Per Capita)	627.59 kg oil eq/person	1.3K kg oil eq/person	51% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Exports (% GDP)	52.78% of GDP	35.16% of GDP	50% higher	Congo
Death Rate	4.6 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	47% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Infant Mortality	27.6 per 1k births	49.1 per 1k births	44% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Child Mortality	40.5 per 1k births	70.6 per 1k births	43% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Coastline Length	169 km	296 km	43% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Electoral Democracy Index	0.24	0.17	41% higher	Congo
Beer Consumption	4.6 L/person/yr	3.4 L/person/yr	38% higher	Congo
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	458.98 kWh/person	744.64 kWh/person	38% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Internet Users (%)	38%	60%	37% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.33% of firms	40.5% of firms	33% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Nurses & Midwives	1.1 per 1k	0.83 per 1k	30% higher	Congo
Capital Elevation	320 m	454 m	30% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.4 per 100k	11.7 per 100k	28% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Teen Birth Rate	109.88 per 1k	150.44 per 1k	27% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Forest Coverage (%)	64.13%	86.39%	26% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	25% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Air Passengers	147.1K	118.4K	24% higher	Congo
Electricity Access (%)	51.3%	66.9%	23% lower	Equatorial Guinea
GDP (Nominal)	$15,719,986,076.65	$12,765,777,677.06	23% higher	Congo
Military Spending	1.2% of GDP	0.98% of GDP	21% higher	Congo
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	28.57 µg/m³	35.38 µg/m³	19% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Elderly Population (%)	3.0%	3.7%	19% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.44% of firms	32.82% of firms	19% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Insufficient Physical Activity	16.26% of adults	19.7% of adults	17% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	26 days/yr	30 days/yr	13% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Median Age	18.3 years	21.0 years	13% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.17 per 1k	0.15 per 1k	13% higher	Congo
Dependency Ratio	76.78% of working-age pop.	69.42% of working-age pop.	11% higher	Congo
Electricity Carbon Intensity	716.12 gCO2/kWh	644.3 gCO2/kWh	11% higher	Congo
Urban Population (%)	63.89%	71.36%	10% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Fertility Rate	3.7 children/woman	4.0 children/woman	8% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Alcohol Consumption	6.0 L/adult/yr	6.6 L/adult/yr	8% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Youth Population (%)	40.45%	37.29%	8% higher	Congo
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	13.58 per 100k	12.72 per 100k	7% higher	Congo
Inflation Rate	3.1%	2.9%	6% higher	Congo
Hypertension Prevalence	40.8% of adults	39% of adults	5% higher	Congo
Suicide Rate	6.7 per 100k	7.0 per 100k	5% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Food Waste per Person	129.93 kg/person/yr	136.19 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Human Development Index	0.65	0.67	4% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Women's Political Empowerment	0.47	0.45	4% higher	Congo
Life Expectancy	65.8 years	63.7 years	3% higher	Congo
Political Corruption Index	0.84	0.86	2% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Birth Rate	28.34 per 1k	28.55 per 1k	1% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	6.5% of GDP	6.6% of GDP	1% lower	Equatorial Guinea
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Congo
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Congo
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Congo
Solar Electricity Share	0.18%	0%	ranked higher	Congo
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Congo
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Congo
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.9% of GDP	-3% of GDP	ranked lower	Equatorial Guinea
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Congo
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Congo
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Congo

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Congo Equatorial Guinea

Analysis

Congo leads in 53 of 96 shared metrics, while Equatorial Guinea leads in 43.

Congo's Shipping Traffic is 160.1x that of Equatorial Guinea (1000.0K vs 6.2K).

Congo's Scientific Publications is 29.2x that of Equatorial Guinea (90.39 vs 3.0).

Congo's Renewable Energy (%) is 16.0x that of Equatorial Guinea (71.4% vs 4.2%).

Congo's Land Area is 11.2x that of Equatorial Guinea (341.5K km² vs 28.1K km²).

Congo's Armed Forces Personnel is 11.0x that of Equatorial Guinea (12.0K vs 1.0K).

Key Comparisons

Shipping TrafficCongo leads

Congo

1000.0K

Equatorial Guinea

6.2K

Scientific PublicationsCongo leads

Congo

90.39

Equatorial Guinea

3.0

Renewable Energy (%)Congo leads

Congo

71.4%

Equatorial Guinea

4.2%

Land AreaCongo leads

Congo

341.5K km²

Equatorial Guinea

28.1K km²

Armed Forces PersonnelCongo leads

Congo

12.0K

Equatorial Guinea

1.0K

Land Border LengthCongo leads

Congo

5.6K km

Equatorial Guinea

528 km

Shipping Traffic

1000.0K

6.2K

Scientific Publications

90.39

3.0

Renewable Energy (%)

71.4%

4.2%

Land Area

341.5K km²

28.1K km²

Armed Forces Personnel

12.0K

1.0K

Land Border Length

5.6K km

528 km

Forest Area

219.0K km²

24.2K km²

Agricultural Land (%)

31.19%

3.7%

Airports

7.0

Population

6.10M

1.80M

Freedom of Expression Index

0.37

0.11

Electricity Generation

5.2 TWh

1.6 TWh

Government Debt (% GDP)

128.7% of GDP

43.3% of GDP

GDP Growth Rate

2.6%

0.91%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.8% of GDP

1.5% of GDP

Youth Unemployment Rate

40.5% of youth labor force

15.74% of youth labor force

Unemployment Rate

19.69%

7.8%

Border Neighbors

5.0

2.0

Liberal Democracy Index

0.12

0.05

Electric Generating Capacity

842.0K kW

349.0K kW

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Shipping Traffic

Scientific Publications

Renewable Energy (%)

Land Area

Armed Forces Personnel

Land Border Length

Forest Area

Agricultural Land (%)

Airports

Population

Freedom of Expression Index

Electricity Generation

Government Debt (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Border Neighbors

Liberal Democracy Index

Electric Generating Capacity

Firms with Female Top Manager

Water Withdrawal

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Broadband Access (%)

Protected Land (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Total CO2 Emissions

Population Density

Water Stress (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Official Languages Count

Highest Elevation

CO2 Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Imports (% GDP)

Spirits Consumption

Obesity Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

GNI Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Exports (% GDP)

Death Rate

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Coastline Length

Electoral Democracy Index

Beer Consumption

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Internet Users (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Nurses & Midwives

Capital Elevation

Road Traffic Death Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Air Passengers

Electricity Access (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Military Spending

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Elderly Population (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Insufficient Physical Activity

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Median Age

Doctors (per 1,000)

Dependency Ratio

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Urban Population (%)