FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Equatorial Guinea

According to FAOSTAT, Equatorial Guinea produced 72,805 t of fruit and 656 t of meat in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sweet potatoes (102,398 t), cassava (77,190 t) and plantains (41,372 t).

Products recorded: 31
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 1; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in cocoa beans (−33%), followed by coconuts (−32%).

Livestock numbers: 5,520 cattle, 7,548 pigs, 41,686 sheep and 9,955 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All roots and tubers	219,367	121	0.02%	+10%
All fruit	72,805	140	0.01%	+6.3%
All meat	656	187	0%	+8.1%
All eggs	245	164	0%	−19%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Sweet potatoes	102,398	45	0.11%	+12%
Cassava	77,190	56	0.02%	+7.2%
Plantains	41,372	32	0.09%	+5.1%
Oil palm fruit	40,363	38	0.01%	+12%
Other starchy roots and tubers	39,779	24	0.41%	+9.6%
Beer	35,200	123	0.02%	—
Bananas	31,434	72	0.02%	+8.0%
Palm oil	5,300	39	0.01%	−3.6%
Coffee, green	4,034	45	0.04%	−8.0%
Palm kernels	2,400	40	0.01%	−4.0%
Coconuts, in shell	2,193	76	0%	−32%
Oil of palm kernel	1,100	37	0.01%	—
Cocoa beans	600	37	0.01%	−33%
Chicken meat	264	181	0%	+7.8%
Hen eggs	245	164	0%	−19%
Abaca, manila hemp	232	5	0.21%	−1.7%
Pork (pig meat)	185	160	0%	+13%
Sheep meat	108	149	0%	+5.9%
Goat meat	50	142	0%	+4.2%
Beef (cattle meat)	48	183	0%	0.0%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	28	118	0%	+3.7%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	20	130	0%	+11%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	20	124	0%	+5.3%
Fat of pigs	17	133	0%	+13%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	11	122	0%	0.0%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	9	156	0%	0.0%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	9	125	0%	0.0%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	9	156	0%	0.0%
Sheep fat, unrendered	5	118	0%	0.0%
Cattle fat, unrendered	2	156	0%	0.0%
Goat fat, unrendered	2	122	0%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	385,000	162	0%	+6.9%
Sheep	41,686	139	0%	+4.2%
Ducks	38,000	60	0%	+2.7%
Goats	9,955	157	0%	+4.8%
Pigs	7,548	152	0%	+11%
Cattle	5,520	177	0%	+4.2%

Equatorial Guinea among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Equatorial Guinea, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Equatorial Guinea had 1.9 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Sweet potatoes	54.1	11.1	4.9×
Cassava	40.8	41.9	1.0×
Plantains	21.9	5.46	4.0×
Oil palm fruit	21.3	51.3	0.4×
Other starchy roots and tubers	21.0	1.20	17.5×
Beer	18.6	22.7	0.8×
Bananas	16.6	17.1	1.0×
Palm oil	2.80	9.75	0.3×
Coffee, green	2.13	1.38	1.5×
Palm kernels	1.27	2.36	0.5×
Coconuts, in shell	1.16	8.03	0.1×
Oil of palm kernel	0.58	1.02	0.6×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Equatorial Guinea reported exports of 4 and imports of 92 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Cocoa beans	513	USD 1.9 m	3.69	43 of 93
Coffee, green	19	USD 56,000	2.95	107 of 131
Rice	472	USD 33,000	0.07	33 of 86
Whole milk, condensed	65	USD 25,000	0.38	70 of 104

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	28,791	USD 37.2 m	1.29	76 of 189
Beer of barley, malted	28,863	USD 30.7 m	1.06	69 of 192
Palm oil	10,261	USD 12.2 m	1.19	112 of 191
Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled	5,353	USD 8.4 m	1.57	31 of 162
Wine	4,850	USD 8.1 m	1.67	88 of 192
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	5,046	USD 6.0 m	1.19	38 of 136
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled	1,916	USD 3.6 m	1.89	65 of 168
Hen eggs in shell, fresh	1,884	USD 3.2 m	1.69	80 of 184
Whole milk powder	458	USD 2.8 m	6.10	132 of 190
Cheese from whole cow milk	258	USD 1.7 m	6.41	154 of 192

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Equatorial Guinea?

By volume, the largest products of Equatorial Guinea in 2024 were sweet potatoes (102,398 t), cassava (77,190 t), plantains (41,372 t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Equatorial Guinea the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 5th, for abaca, manila hemp.

How much sweet potatoes does Equatorial Guinea produce per person?

About 54.1 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 11.1 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Equatorial Guinea export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were cocoa beans (USD 1.9 m), coffee, green (USD 56,000), rice (USD 33,000), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Equatorial Guinea import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (USD 37.2 m), beer of barley, malted (USD 30.7 m), palm oil (USD 12.2 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.