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General Information

Region		Western Africa
Population (000, 2024)		2 201^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		78.3^a
Capital city		Bissau
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		578.8^d
UN membership date		17 September 1974
Surface area (km2)		36 125^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.7^a
National currency		CFA Franc, BCEAO (XOF)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		593.6^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 047	1 397	1 574^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.1	1.5	4.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	585.5	692.8	747.8^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	49	32.6	32.3^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	12.8	14.2	14^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	38.2	53.2	53.7^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	55.2	51.2	50.3^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	10.1	10.4	10.6^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	34.7	38.4	39.1^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	3.2	3.7	3.1
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	48.8 / 64.1	48.4 / 62.9	48.8 / 63.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	109	114	128^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	116	122^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	327	505^f	465^f,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	153	175^f	257^f,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	174	330^f	208^f,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	21	-39	-147^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
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 %)	3.6^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.7	4.1	3.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	62.1 / 57.9	63.7 / 58.9	66.5 / 61.8^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.2 / 4.6	40.5 / 4.8	38.8 / 4.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	22.3 / 1.3^j	17.9 / 0.9^j	... / ...
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	68.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^k (% of GDP)	8.1	9	8.2^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.2	0.2	0.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.4	2.8	2.6^l
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.3 / 116.3^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,p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	6.1	28.2	31.6^b
Threatened species (number)	66	92	127^e
Forested area (% of land area)	71.9^f	70.4^f	70.1^l
CO2 emission estimates^f (million tons/tons per capita)	0.3 / 0.2	0.3 / 0.2	0.3 / 0.2^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	25	27	27^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	17	16	16^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (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^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	16.1 / 6.9	20.4 / 10.0	21.3 / 10.7^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.86	10.13	10.31^l

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2023
f		Estimate.
g		Bissau
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Including refugees.
k		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
l		2021
m		2010
n		2017
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Data reflects members elected in June 2023. The President announced the dissolution of Parliament in December 2023 while the Constitution stipulates parliament cannot be dissolved within 12 months of the elections. The parliamentary mandate continues until their successors are sworn in.
q		Arrivals at "Osvaldo Vieira" Airport.