Travel Risk Atlas

Equatorial Guinea

Middle Africa · Capital Malabo

Each opens that government's own advisory for Equatorial Guinea — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

44.6 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 148th safest of 220
Malabo — Equatorial Guinea
Photo: Jmhi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Equatorial Guinea as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Bioko Norte — Travel with cautionBioko Sur — Travel with cautionCentro Sur — Travel with cautionKié-Ntem — Travel with cautionLitoral — Travel with cautionWele-Nzás — Travel with caution
What governments advise Travel with caution

Overseas territories, shown separately so the main map stays readable

Annobón — Travel with caution
Annobón

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryTravel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Crime
15% of score
76/100
214th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
74/100
202nd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
70/100
180th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
54/100
180th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score
23/100
24th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
20/100
131st of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
16/100
97th of 220

Biggest factor here: crime. Violent crime levels and how reliably the law is enforced.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
114
Police 114
Currency
XAF Fr
Languages
French
Portuguese, Spanish
Visa (EU passport)
e-Visa
US: e-Visa · UK: e-Visa
Population
1.9m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Malabo
Driving
On the right
27.2 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, E
220-240V
Basic water access
65%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+240
GDP per capita
$7k
A rough guide to price levels
Malaria risk
9.1/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Malabo, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around December to March.

Daytime high hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Equatorial Guinea:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.