Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income
Guinea-Bissau: the economy in numbers
Per person: $1,124, or $3,293 at purchasing power parity. Population: 2.25 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #182 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +4.7%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $1.7 billion in 1970, $2.53 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $2,907 per person in 1970, $1,124 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 4.7% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1971: 8 of 55.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 82.4% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 112.7% in 1985. Years with inflation above 100%: 1. The chart cuts the scale at 100%; “Full scale” shows everything.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1997: 217.1% of GDP in 2000. IMF forecast for 2031: 65.6%.
Population
1960: 577,633 · 2025: 2.25 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 3.0% · 2025: 2.7%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 37.6 years · 2024: 64.3 years.
Exports of goods and services
1970: 4.0% · 2025: 13.9%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.2%f | 2.0%f | 65.6%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 4.2%f | 2.0%f | 66.6%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 4.5%f | 2.0%f | 68.2%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 4.5%f | 2.0%f | 70.1%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 4.9%f | 2.1%f | 72.0%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 4.7%f | 2.5%f | 73.9%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $2.53B | $1,124 | $3,293 | 5.8% | 0.9% | 75.1%e | 2.25M | 2.7% | 13.9% | |
| 2024 | $2.2B | $998 | $3,093 | 4.4% | 3.8% | 82.4% | 2.2M | 2.6% | 64.3 | 12.7% |
| 2023 | $2.08B | $964 | $2,956 | 4.6% | 7.1% | 79.4% | 2.15M | 2.6% | 64.1 | 13.7% |
| 2022 | $1.86B | $882 | $2,786 | 5.5% | 9.4% | 80.7% | 2.11M | 2.7% | 63.6 | 14.8% |
| 2021 | $1.91B | $927 | $2,522 | 5.0% | 2.2% | 78.8% | 2.06M | 3.0% | 61.7 | 17.5% |
| 2020 | $1.71B | $847 | $2,340 | 2.9% | 1.1% | 77.6% | 2.01M | 2.9% | 61.3 | 15.5% |
| 2019 | $1.6B | $811 | $2,247 | 5.3% | 0.2% | 65.1% | 1.97M | 2.4% | 62.2 | 18.3% |
| 2018 | $1.55B | $809 | $2,058 | 3.8% | 0.4% | 59.1% | 1.92M | 3.1% | 61.7 | 25.5% |
| 2017 | $1.47B | $783 | $2,082 | 4.7% | 1.7% | 51.8% | 1.88M | 3.1% | 61.1 | 26.5% |
| 2016 | $1.25B | $680 | $1,824 | 5.4% | 1.5% | 59.1% | 1.83M | 3.1% | 60.6 | 23.8% |
| 2015 | $1.15B | $645 | $1,730 | 6.1% | 1.5% | 56.3% | 1.79M | 3.2% | 60.1 | 25.0% |
| 2014 | $1.14B | $652 | $1,456 | 1.0% | −1.5% | 60.1% | 1.74M | 3.3% | 59.5 | 16.7% |
| 2013 | $1.11B | $654 | $1,416 | 3.3% | 1.2% | 49.6% | 1.7M | 3.2% | 58.9 | 13.2% |
| 2012 | $1.05B | $635 | $1,402 | −1.7% | 2.1% | 47.4% | 1.65M | 3.1% | 58.3 | 14.1% |
| 2011 | $1.16B | $720 | $1,472 | 8.1% | 5.0% | 45.6% | 1.61M | 3.1% | 57.7 | 19.3% |
| 2010 | $940M | $600 | $1,370 | 5.6% | 2.5% | 61.7% | 1.57M | 3.1% | 57.0 | 12.6% |
| 2009 | $890M | $583 | $1,315 | 2.4% | −1.7% | 148.3% | 1.53M | 3.2% | 56.3 | 11.1% |
| 2008 | $953M | $640 | $1,309 | 4.5% | 10.5% | 148.8% | 1.49M | 3.2% | 55.3 | 11.8% |
| 2007 | $753M | $519 | $1,260 | 2.6% | 4.6% | 164.0% | 1.45M | 3.1% | 54.9 | 11.1% |
| 2006 | $635M | $449 | $1,226 | 2.7% | 2.0% | 190.4% | 1.42M | 3.1% | 54.1 | 10.4% |
| 2005 | $640M | $463 | $1,187 | 6.6% | 3.3% | 203.7% | 1.38M | 3.2% | 52.9 | 13.6% |
| 2004 | $582M | $431 | $1,105 | 1.2% | 0.9% | 202.0% | 1.35M | 3.2% | 52.8 | 12.9% |
| 2003 | $554M | $420 | $1,089 | −0.3% | −3.5% | 183.4% | 1.32M | 3.2% | 52.2 | 11.9% |
| 2002 | $467M | $362 | $1,095 | 3.7% | 3.3% | 197.5% | 1.29M | 3.1% | 51.6 | 11.5% |
| 2001 | $413M | $327 | $1,064 | 4.8% | 3.3% | 204.4% | 1.26M | 3.0% | 51.1 | 10.1% |
| 2000 | $391M | $317 | $1,014 | 1.1% | 8.6% | 217.1% | 1.23M | 3.4% | 50.6 | 13.1% |
| 1999 | $579M | $479 | $1,001 | 16.8% | −2.1% | 109.9% | 1.21M | 3.3% | 48.5 | 8.3% |
| 1998 | $591M | $498 | $861 | −22.4% | 8.0% | 109.1% | 1.19M | 3.3% | 48.1 | 4.1% |
| 1997 | $698M | $599 | $1,118 | 6.5% | 49.1% | 94.3% | 1.17M | 3.0% | 48.0 | 4.9% |
| 1996 | $703M | $615 | $1,052 | 11.6% | 50.7% | 1.14M | 3.0% | 48.8 | 10.5% | |
| 1995 | $660M | $589 | $945 | 4.4% | 45.4% | 1.12M | 3.1% | 48.5 | 11.7% | |
| 1994 | $613M | $561 | $909 | 3.2% | 15.2% | 1.09M | 3.2% | 47.8 | 16.5% | |
| 1993 | $616M | $582 | $890 | 2.1% | 48.1% | 1.06M | 3.1% | 47.8 | 8.9% | |
| 1992 | $588M | $574 | $880 | 1.1% | 69.6% | 1.02M | 3.1% | 47.5 | 4.9% | |
| 1991 | $668M | $672 | $877 | 5.1% | 57.6% | 995K | 3.0% | 47.2 | 10.0% | |
| 1990 | $634M | $651 | $824 | 6.1% | 33.0% | 974K | 46.9 | 9.9% | ||
| 1989 | $554M | $578 | 6.1% | 80.8% | 958K | 46.6 | 8.9% | |||
| 1988 | $428M | $454 | 4.6% | 60.3% | 942K | 46.3 | 12.4% | |||
| 1987 | $452M | $488 | 2.9% | 86.8% | 927K | 45.8 | 11.4% | |||
| 1986 | $339M | $371 | −0.8% | 26.5% | 912K | 45.5 | 5.2% | |||
| 1985 | $374M | $417 | 4.2% | 112.7% | 898K | 45.3 | 9.8% | |||
| 1984 | $360M | $407 | 9.1% | 64.9% | 884K | 44.9 | 13.4% | |||
| 1983 | $425M | $489 | −3.4% | 23.3% | 870K | 44.6 | 6.0% | |||
| 1982 | $430M | $503 | 4.2% | 16.5% | 856K | 44.3 | 7.8% | |||
| 1981 | $402M | $477 | 18.2% | 41.9% | 842K | 43.9 | 11.2% | |||
| 1980 | $288M | $347 | −16.0% | 64.8% | 829K | 43.6 | 12.7% | |||
| 1979 | $308M | $376 | 2.0% | 820K | 43.2 | 7.3% | ||||
| 1978 | $319M | $403 | 13.1% | 792K | 42.9 | 7.7% | ||||
| 1977 | $299M | $403 | −7.2% | 742K | 42.6 | 9.3% | ||||
| 1976 | $292M | $421 | 4.9% | 694K | 42.3 | 5.3% | ||||
| 1975 | $283M | $435 | 7.8% | 651K | 41.9 | 5.2% | ||||
| 1974 | $257M | $419 | 4.6% | 613K | 41.6 | 5.0% | ||||
| 1973 | $232M | $392 | 1.1% | 593K | 38.2 | 6.1% | ||||
| 1972 | $228M | $389 | 6.4% | 587K | 37.8 | 4.4% | ||||
| 1971 | $204M | $348 | −3.9% | 586K | 37.5 | 4.2% | ||||
| 1970 | $205M | $350 | 584K | 37.3 | 4.0% | |||||
| 1969 | 582K | 37.0 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 578K | 36.7 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 569K | 36.3 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 567K | 36.1 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 575K | 35.9 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 589K | 35.8 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 594K | 35.6 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 589K | 38.0 | ||||||||
| 1961 | 583K | 37.8 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 578K | 37.6 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 1980–1987, World Bank for the other years.
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Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · DR Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)