Country record

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Guinea-Bissau ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
51stGDP$2.2bn2
6thMobile147 per 10029
37thInternet use29.8%8
Last updated 1 Aug 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
SenegalGuineaBissauBafatá
Two land borders, 350 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalBissauLanguagesPortuguese, Upper Guinea CreoleCurrencyWest African CFA franc · XOFArea36,125 km²

At a glance

2.2 million people, half of them under 20, in an economy of $3.0bn in 2026, growing 4.9% a year.

Guinea-Bissau’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population2.2mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age19.6years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$1,449current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use29.8%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 2014. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
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ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
00.40.820142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 1.6 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$500$800$1.1k20142024$998
Reported every year, including the 2022 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420243.8%
3.8% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 9.4% in 2022.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.10.220142024$0.22bn
2.3 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
40%70%100%2014202482.4%
Up 22 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Franc per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
40060080020142024606.3
Lost 11% of its dollar value in 2022, then recovered in 2023.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202443.7%
Up 27 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
60901202014202467.3
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202464.3 yrs
The 2020 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
010020020142024147
More subscriptions than people since 2021.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
30%40%50%2014202446.1%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds power14 heads of state across 20 terms since 1973, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19732026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

No current head of state is in the record for Guinea-Bissau. The record holds one minister for today, with Rui Duarte de Barros as Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau; no deputy is recorded.

ElectedAppointed
No head of stateno current head of state is in the record
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Rui Duarte de BarrosPrime Minister of Guinea-Bissauin office since Dec 2023
2 seats confirmed current · 24 recorded for 2025
1Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Finance
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Guinea-Bissau.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Guinea-Bissau
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity43.7%202417.2%+26.5 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water37.8%202438.4%−0.6 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation6.3%20244.6%+1.7 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel2.0%20241.0%+1.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality67.3202495.2−27.8 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth64.3 yrs202459.5 yrs+4.8 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population46.7%202541.7%+4.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use29.8%20243.3%+26.5 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions147 / 100202464 / 100+84ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Guinea-Bissau

143 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Guinea-Bissau. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Guinea-Bissau ranks across Africa

Guinea-Bissau's position on 142 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Guinea-Bissau with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
UNICEF2024
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Guinea-Bissau: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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