Country
Guinea-Bissau
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Bissau
- ISO code
- GW · GNB
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 2.2M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 2,814 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 64.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 2.2M 2025 147th of 214
- Population density 78 people/km² 2024 124th of 212
- Population growth 2.16 % per year 2025 41st of 214
- Natural increase 23.0 per 1,000 people 2023 29th of 228
- Net migration -0.6 per 1,000 people 2025 123rd of 214
- Fertility rate 3.76 births per woman 2024 34th of 214
- Urban population 46.7 % 2025 155th of 214
- Median age 18.9 years 2023 196th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.2 % 2025 184th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 187th of 214
- Children under 15 38.3 % 2025 31st of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 64.3 years 2024 190th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 66.5 years 2024 191st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 61.8 years 2024 192nd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.7 years 2024 116th of 214
- Infant mortality 42.1 per 1,000 births 2024 25th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 67.3 per 1,000 births 2024 15th of 195
- Maternal mortality 505 per 100,000 births 2023 9th of 193
- Health spending per person 82 USD 2023 150th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 247 $ (PPP) 2023 150th of 191
- Physicians 0.25 per 1,000 people 2022 143rd of 179
- Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 people 2009 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 65 % 2024 174th of 191
- Undernourishment 20.0 % 2024 24th of 165
- Tobacco use 8.2 % 2024 144th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,560 kcal per day 2023 142nd of 175
- Meat supply 14.0 kg per person per year 2023 157th of 175
Economy
- GDP 2.5B USD 2025 166th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,124 USD 2025 170th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 2,814 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 169th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 1,625 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 152nd of 165
- GDP growth 5.8 % 2025 34th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.6 % 2025 59th of 185
- Inflation 0.9 % 2025 139th of 169
- Unemployment 2.7 % 2025 154th of 181
- Youth unemployment 2.8 % 2025 172nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 13.2 % 2022 102nd of 150
- Trade 40 % of GDP 2024 152nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 33.4 2021 92nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 39.9 % 2021 19th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 41.2 % of GDP 2024 2nd of 187
- Women in the labour force 60.3 % 2025 48th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.514 2023 173rd of 192
- Literacy rate 63.9 % 2022 105th of 122
- Education spending 2.0 % of GDP 2013 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 34 % 2006 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 3 % 2006 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 63 % 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 9.8 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Homicide rate 1.1 per 100,000 people 2017 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 179th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 184th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.16 t CO₂ 2024 199th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 191st of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.4 t CO₂e 2024 167th of 201
- Forest area 74.8 % of land 2024 11th of 208
- Water stress 1 % 2022 156th of 176
- Arable land 16.1 % of land 2024 69th of 205
- Renewable energy 87.4 % of final energy 2021 8th of 210
- Renewable electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 190th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2024 176th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 662 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 23rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 36 kWh 2024 184th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 32.3 µg/m³ 2023 41st of 199
Guinea-Bissau on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldPortuguese · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldWest African CFA franc (XOF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants