Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 36,130 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Guinea-Bissau, with a population of 2,060,721 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 57 people per km2.

It's capital is Bissau and its currency is West African CFA francs

Guinea-Bissau is holding the 178 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 1,310 millions of euros (1,380 millions of dollars), ( 80.35% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €636 euros per inhabitant$670 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Guinea-Bissau, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.483 points in 2021, leaving it in 177th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Guinea-Bissau are business, you must know it's in the 174th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Guinea-Bissau, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Guinea-Bissau Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€1,551M
Annual GDP [+]2022$1,634M
GDP per capita [+]2022€753
GDP per capita [+]2022$793
Debt (M.€.) [+]20221,310
Debt ($M) [+]20221,380
Debt (%GDP) [+]202280.35%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€636
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$670
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-96
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-101
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-5.91%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022344.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022363.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202036.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202041.2
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201715.00%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20177.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20178.7
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20173.01%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202225.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202226.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20227.24%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202221.15%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€167
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$176
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€18
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$20
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€4
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$4
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€12
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$13
Corruption Index [+]202221
Fragile States Index [+]201898.1
Labour
NMW [+]2022$30.5
Business
Doing Business [+]2020174º
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201855,000
Exports [+]2021€260.3M
Exports [+]2021$307.8M
Exports % GDP [+]202117.86%
Imports [+]2021€319.7M
Imports [+]2021$378.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202121.94%
Trade balance [+]2021€-59.5M
Trade balance [+]2021$-70.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-4.08%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202157
Global Peace Ranking [+]202387º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017103.6
% Immigrant [+]20200.89%
% Emigrant [+]20205.55%
Birth Rate [+]202131.09‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201726.8
Crude death rate [+]20218.72‰
Fertility Rate [+]20214.01
% risk of poverty [+]201847.7%
Population [+]20212,060,721
Immigrant stock [+]202017,945
Emigrant stock [+]2020111,790
HDI [+]20210.483
Life expectancy [+]202159.65
Suicides [+]2015116
Suicide rate [+]20157.10
Number of homicides [+]201721
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20171.12
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.16
Consumption GWh [+]202176
Generation GWh [+]202182
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024177
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/20249,614
Fully vaccinated [+]10/15/2023547,637
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/202485.89
Doses administered [+]10/15/2023920,752