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Guinea-Bissau

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$4,675
GDP (2031)
$4.2B
GDP growth (2031)
4.2% →
Inflation (2031)
2.1% →
Unemployment (2025)
2.7% ↑
Population (2031)
2.3M
Population growth (2031)
1.9% ↓
Gini index (2021)
33.4
Government debt (2031)
65.2% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-4.0% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$26.7M
Life expectancy (2024)
64.3 yrs
Health spending (2023)
8.8% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
29.8%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
147.2/100
Trade openness (2025)
40.9% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
581.93/USD
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
65.2% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-4.0% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$26.7M

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2021)
0.33
Assessment
Moderate inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
0.47/1k
Tax revenue (2024)
8.3% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
39.1% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2024)
7.2
Bank branches per 100k (2024)
4.0
ICT service exports (2024)
29.4%
Goods and services tax (2024)
6.1%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $4.2B $4,675 4.2% 2.1% - 2.3M - 65.2% -4.0% - - - - -
2030 * $4.0B $4,471 4.2% 2.1% - 2.2M - 66.4% -4.2% - - - - -
2029 * $3.7B $4,244 4.5% 2.1% - 2.2M - 68.0% -4.4% - - - - -
2028 * $3.4B $4,031 4.5% 2.1% - 2.1M - 69.9% -4.6% - - - - -
2027 * $3.2B $3,837 4.9% 2.1% - 2.1M - 71.8% -5.1% - - - - -
2026 * $3.0B $3,638 4.9% 2.5% - 2.1M - 73.6% -6.3% - - - - -
2025 $2.6B $3,293 5.5% 0.9% 2.7% 2.0M - 75.3% -6.2% - - - - 581.93
2024 $2.2B $3,093 4.8% 3.7% 2.7% 2.0M - 82.4% -7.4% $26.7M 64.3 - 29.8% 606.35
2023 $2.0B $2,956 5.2% 7.2% 2.6% 1.9M - 79.4% -8.6% $25.1M 64.1 8.8% 28.7% 606.57
2022 $1.7B $2,786 4.6% 7.9% 2.7% 1.9M - 80.7% -8.6% $21.7M 63.6 8.3% 27.7% 623.76
2021 $1.7B $2,522 6.2% 3.3% 3.0% 1.9M 33.4 78.8% -0.8% $18.5M 61.7 8.4% 23.4% 554.53
2020 $1.5B $2,340 1.5% 1.5% 2.9% 1.8M - 77.6% -2.6% $21.0M 61.3 9.0% 20.5% 575.59
2019 $1.5B $2,247 4.5% 0.3% 2.4% 1.8M - 65.1% -8.5% $71.7M 62.2 7.2% 17.9% 585.91
2018 $1.6B $2,058 3.8% 0.4% 3.1% 1.7M 34.8 59.1% -3.5% $20.6M 61.7 7.3% 15.7% 555.45
2017 $1.5B $2,082 4.8% -0.2% 3.1% 1.7M - 51.8% 0.3% $15.7M 61.2 7.0% 14.8% 580.66
2016 $1.2B $1,824 5.3% 2.7% 3.1% 1.7M - 59.1% 1.4% $24.0M 60.6 8.3% 13.8% 592.61
2015 $1.2B $1,730 6.1% 1.5% 3.2% 1.6M - 56.3% 1.8% $18.6M 60.1 8.1% 6.1% 591.21
2014 $1.1B $1,456 1.0% -1.0% 3.3% 1.6M - 60.1% 0.5% $28.9M 59.5 10.0% 3.3% 493.76
2013 $1.1B $1,416 3.3% 0.8% 3.2% 1.6M - 49.6% -4.3% $19.6M 58.9 7.0% 3.1% 493.90
2012 $1.1B $1,402 -1.7% 2.1% 3.1% 1.5M - 47.4% -7.9% $6.6M 58.3 5.9% 2.9% 510.56
2011 $1.2B $1,472 8.1% 5.1% 3.1% 1.5M - 45.6% -1.2% $25.0M 57.7 6.2% 2.7% 471.25
2010 $941.0M $1,370 5.6% 1.1% 3.1% 1.5M 50.6 61.7% -7.5% $26.2M 57.0 4.9% 2.5% 494.79
2009 $889.0M $1,315 2.4% -1.6% 3.2% 1.4M - 148.3% -5.4% $18.9M 56.3 4.6% 2.3% 470.29
2008 $953.0M $1,309 4.5% 10.4% 3.2% 1.4M - 148.8% -3.0% $6.6M 55.3 5.4% 2.4% 446.00
2007 $753.0M $1,260 2.6% 4.6% 3.1% 1.4M - 164.0% -4.1% $18.8M 54.9 4.9% 2.2% 478.63
2006 $635.0M $1,226 2.7% 2.0% 3.1% 1.4M - 190.4% -6.2% $17.9M 54.1 5.1% 2.1% 522.43
2005 $640.0M $1,187 6.6% 3.4% 3.2% 1.3M - 203.7% -1.6% $8.7M 53.0 4.5% 1.9% 527.26
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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