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General Information

Region		Western Africa
Population (000, 2025)		2 250^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		80^a
Capital city		Bissau
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		578.8^d
UN membership date		17 September 1974
Surface area (km2)		36 125^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.8^a
National currency		CFA Franc, BCEAO (XOF)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		631.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 048	1 397	1 841^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.1	1.5	5.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	587	694	855^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	49	47.6	47.8^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	12.8	17.6	18^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	38.2	34.8	34.3^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	54.3	51.2	50^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	9.9	10.3	10.3^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	35.8	38.5	39.7^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	3.2	2.9	2.6
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	56.2 / 70.8	55.9 / 68.8	56.4 / 69.3
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	108	114	128^h
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	122	131^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	327	491^f	416^f,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	153	190^f	311^f,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	174	300^f	105^f,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	21	-39	-160^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.5	2.3	2.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	42.1	43.8^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.6ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.7	4.1	3.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	62.1 / 57.9	63.7 / 58.9	66.7 / 62.0^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.2 / 4.6	40.5 / 4.8	38.3 / 5.0^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	22.3 / 1.3	17.9 / 0.9	15.1 / 0.7^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	8.8	1.6	0.1^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	92.2	77	67.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	8.1	9	8.1^h
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.2	0.2	0.3^h
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.4 / 116.4^m	... / ...	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	1.1ⁿ	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.7	13.7^o	9.8^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	6.1	20.5	32.5^b
Threatened species (number)	66	92	130^e
Forested area (% of land area)	71.9^f	70.4^f	69.8^h
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 0.1	0.3 / 0.2^f	0.4 / 0.2^f,h
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	17	14	15^h
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	11	9	10^h
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	44	52^d	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	59.5	59.5	59.5^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	38.1 / 10.6	36.6 / 13.2	36.3 / 13.7^h
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	16.1 / 6.9	20.4 / 10.0	21.3 / 10.7^h
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.07	9.62	9.47^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2024
f		Estimate.
g		Bissau
h		2022
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Including refugees.
l		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2010
n		2017
o		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
p		Arrivals at "Osvaldo Vieira" Airport.