Horacio islets off the coast of Equatorial Guinea

Who needs a visa for Equatorial Guinea?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Malabo

Photo: Denis Barthel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 5 enter Equatorial Guinea with no paperwork at all. The rest: 193 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Equatorial Guinea government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Equatorial Guinea's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 5

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 193

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

About Equatorial Guinea

Region
Middle Africa
Capital
Malabo
Population
1,938,431 2025 · 148th of 197
Size
28,051 km² 142nd largest of 199
Density
69 per km²
Languages
French, Portuguese, Spanish
Currency
Central African CFA franc XAF
Borders
Cameroon Gabon

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.