Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income
Guinea: the economy in numbers
Per person: $1,877, or $4,935 at purchasing power parity. Population: 15.1 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #117 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +7.2%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $26.7 billion in 1970, $28.3 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $6,248 per person in 1970, $1,877 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 6.5% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1971: 3 of 55.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 13.5 times from 2004 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 64.7% in 1986.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1990: 78.6% of GDP in 1999. IMF forecast for 2031: 20.1%.
Population
1960: 3.56 million · 2025: 15.1 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 4.6% · 2025: 5.2%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 36.6 years · 2024: 60.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
1986: 21.3% · 2025: 41.4%.
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 | 8.9%f | 4.0%f | 20.1%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 9.8%f | 4.0%f | 22.2%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 10.2%f | 4.0%f | 24.4%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 10.1%f | 4.9%f | 28.0%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 7.8%f | 5.8%f | 31.9%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 7.2%f | 6.3%f | 34.8%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $28.3B | $1,877 | $4,935 | 7.4% | 3.6% | 36.3% | 15.1M | 5.2% | 41.4% | |
| 2024 | $25B | $1,695 | $4,572 | 5.4% | 8.1% | 32.0% | 14.8M | 5.1% | 60.9 | 41.4% |
| 2023 | $22.4B | $1,555 | $4,337 | 5.5% | 7.8% | 25.9% | 14.4M | 5.1% | 60.7 | 44.1% |
| 2022 | $19.9B | $1,417 | $4,062 | 4.0% | 10.5% | 25.7% | 14.1M | 5.2% | 60.4 | 45.4% |
| 2021 | $17.1B | $1,245 | $3,739 | 5.6% | 12.6% | 27.9% | 13.7M | 5.8% | 59.4 | 56.2% |
| 2020 | $14.1B | $1,054 | $3,332 | 4.7% | 10.6% | 29.0% | 13.4M | 6.0% | 59.4 | 47.0% |
| 2019 | $13.4B | $1,031 | $3,106 | 5.6% | 9.5% | 25.4% | 13M | 5.0% | 59.4 | 35.0% |
| 2018 | $11.9B | $933 | $2,844 | 6.4% | 9.8% | 26.0% | 12.7M | 4.8% | 59.0 | 40.2% |
| 2017 | $10.3B | $834 | $2,687 | 10.3% | 8.9% | 24.7% | 12.4M | 4.9% | 58.7 | 44.7% |
| 2016 | $8.6B | $712 | $2,255 | 10.8% | 8.2% | 25.9% | 12.1M | 5.0% | 58.5 | 29.4% |
| 2015 | $8.79B | $747 | $1,930 | 3.8% | 11.8% | 27.3% | 11.8M | 5.2% | 57.9 | 21.5% |
| 2014 | $8.78B | $765 | $1,873 | 3.7% | 6.2% | 20.1% | 11.5M | 5.0% | 57.6 | 26.7% |
| 2013 | $8.38B | $748 | $1,842 | 3.9% | 11.9% | 19.6% | 11.2M | 4.9% | 57.5 | 26.5% |
| 2012 | $7.64B | $699 | $1,790 | 5.9% | 15.2% | 16.7% | 10.9M | 4.9% | 57.1 | 33.1% |
| 2011 | $6.79B | $637 | $1,705 | 5.6% | 21.3% | 36.1% | 10.7M | 5.0% | 56.8 | 32.6% |
| 2010 | $6.85B | $659 | $1,622 | 4.8% | 15.1% | 51.9% | 10.4M | 5.0% | 56.4 | 30.3% |
| 2009 | $6.72B | $662 | $1,567 | −1.1% | 4.7% | 40.2% | 10.1M | 4.9% | 56.1 | 22.5% |
| 2008 | $6.96B | $704 | $1,614 | 4.1% | 23.1% | 42.7% | 9.9M | 4.8% | 55.7 | 21.6% |
| 2007 | $6.28B | $650 | $1,558 | 6.8% | 18.2% | 45.8% | 9.66M | 4.8% | 55.2 | 23.6% |
| 2006 | $4.22B | $447 | $1,453 | 1.2% | 34.7% | 75.2% | 9.44M | 4.9% | 54.9 | 23.8% |
| 2005 | $4.28B | $463 | $1,422 | 3.0% | 31.4% | 76.1% | 9.25M | 4.8% | 54.4 | 23.9% |
| 2004 | $5.3B | $585 | $1,366 | 2.3% | 17.5% | 66.5% | 9.06M | 4.7% | 54.0 | 16.9% |
| 2003 | $5.03B | $566 | $1,328 | 1.2% | 11.0% | 66.6% | 8.87M | 4.6% | 53.6 | 17.8% |
| 2002 | $4.3B | $496 | $1,315 | 5.2% | 3.0% | 68.9% | 8.67M | 4.5% | 53.2 | 18.2% |
| 2001 | $4.13B | $483 | $1,251 | 3.7% | 5.4% | 74.2% | 8.54M | 4.6% | 52.7 | 19.6% |
| 2000 | $4.37B | $518 | $1,196 | 2.5% | 6.8% | 75.7% | 8.43M | 4.6% | 52.4 | 16.8% |
| 1999 | $5.05B | $611 | $1,163 | 3.8% | 4.6% | 78.6% | 8.27M | 4.5% | 52.0 | 14.8% |
| 1998 | $5.23B | $647 | $1,130 | 3.6% | 5.1% | 65.9% | 8.08M | 4.5% | 51.6 | 14.6% |
| 1997 | $5.52B | $696 | $1,099 | 5.2% | 1.9% | 58.8% | 7.93M | 4.5% | 51.1 | 13.4% |
| 1996 | $5.64B | $726 | $1,048 | 4.5% | 3.0% | 59.5% | 7.77M | 4.5% | 50.5 | 13.2% |
| 1995 | $5.39B | $713 | $1,014 | 4.6% | 5.6% | 59.4% | 7.55M | 4.5% | 49.8 | 14.5% |
| 1994 | $4.93B | $672 | $976 | 4.0% | 4.2% | 63.7% | 7.35M | 4.5% | 49.2 | 15.6% |
| 1993 | $4.78B | $671 | $947 | 5.0% | 7.1% | 61.6% | 7.13M | 4.6% | 48.8 | 18.2% |
| 1992 | $4.79B | $693 | $908 | 3.3% | 16.6% | 55.4% | 6.91M | 4.6% | 48.3 | 17.1% |
| 1991 | $4.4B | $656 | $887 | 2.6% | 19.7% | 63.3% | 6.7M | 4.6% | 47.8 | 20.8% |
| 1990 | $3.89B | $604 | $871 | 4.3% | 25.7% | 64.0% | 6.43M | 47.3 | 21.3% | |
| 1989 | $3.55B | $570 | 4.0% | 28.3% | 6.22M | 46.9 | 21.3% | |||
| 1988 | $3.48B | $574 | 6.3% | 27.3% | 6.06M | 46.5 | 18.4% | |||
| 1987 | $2.98B | $505 | 3.3% | 36.9% | 5.9M | 46.1 | 21.7% | |||
| 1986 | $2.91B | $506 | 3.1% | 64.7% | 5.75M | 45.7 | 21.3% | |||
| 1985 | $22.8B | $4,062 | 5.0% | 19.0% | 5.61M | 45.3 | ||||
| 1984 | $18.4B | $3,362 | 1.4% | 26.0% | 5.48M | 44.9 | ||||
| 1983 | $15.1B | $2,823 | 1.3% | 30.3% | 5.36M | 44.2 | ||||
| 1982 | $11.9B | $2,273 | 1.8% | 29.9% | 5.25M | 43.9 | ||||
| 1981 | $9.65B | $1,876 | 0.6% | 35.0% | 5.14M | 43.3 | ||||
| 1980 | $9.75B | $1,931 | 2.6% | 40.0% | 5.05M | 42.8 | ||||
| 1979 | $8.88B | $1,790 | −1.2% | 4.96M | 42.3 | |||||
| 1978 | $8.09B | $1,658 | 6.8% | 4.88M | 41.9 | |||||
| 1977 | $6.91B | $1,440 | −3.4% | 4.8M | 41.4 | |||||
| 1976 | $6.76B | $1,431 | 7.9% | 4.73M | 41.0 | |||||
| 1975 | $6.1B | $1,311 | 2.9% | 4.65M | 40.6 | |||||
| 1974 | $5.69B | $1,243 | 5.3% | 4.58M | 40.2 | |||||
| 1973 | $5.15B | $1,143 | 1.6% | 4.51M | 39.9 | |||||
| 1972 | $4.2B | $948 | 2.3% | 4.43M | 39.7 | |||||
| 1971 | $3.59B | $825 | 5.4% | 4.36M | 39.4 | |||||
| 1970 | $3.22B | $753 | 4.28M | 39.1 | ||||||
| 1969 | 4.2M | 38.8 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 4.12M | 38.5 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 4.04M | 38.2 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 3.96M | 38.0 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 3.89M | 37.7 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 3.82M | 37.4 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 3.75M | 37.2 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 3.68M | 37.0 | ||||||||
| 1961 | 3.62M | 36.8 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 3.56M | 36.6 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 1980–2004, 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)