Political Rights Score in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Political Rights Score was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Political Rights Score in Equatorial Guinea, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 0 for political rights score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 3 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2018.
That places Equatorial Guinea 185th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Political Rights Score in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | — |
| 2003 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2005 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.62 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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More social development data for Equatorial Guinea
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 424 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 424 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -0.4695 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Equatorial Guinea?
- Political rights score in Equatorial Guinea was 0 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2002.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2018.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for political rights score?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 185th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.