Guinea-Bissau's changes in inventories (constant LCU) was -53.46 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 543.24% from -8.31 billion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -53.46 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -104.75 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -8.31 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 12.89 billion | 2014 |
| Lowest | -125.79 billion | 2019 |
| Average since 2016 | -65.08 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 386.93 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Guinea-Bissau's changes in inventories (constant LCU) fell 22.53 billion on 2024 (from -30.93 billion to -53.46 billion).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was −1.16 billion and a typical year strayed about 23.38 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 46.62 billion in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 97.05 billion in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Guinea-Bissau had the 54th highest value of the 63 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Guinea-Bissau in the 2025 ranking
- Namibia — 50th of 63: -5.15 billion
- Central African Republic — 51st of 63: -12.99 billion
- Senegal — 52nd of 63: -20.48 billion
- Philippines — 54th of 63: -71.13 billion
- Costa Rica — 55th of 63: -106.28 billion
- Kenya — 56th of 63: -116.88 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 29 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -53,460,034,300 |
| 2024 | -30,929,627,900 |
| 2023 | -77,545,406,000 |
| 2022 | -64,129,170,700 |
| 2021 | -84,881,557,100 |
| 2020 | -104,753,140,600 |
| 2019 | -125,794,036,900 |
| 2018 | -104,292,836,100 |
| 2017 | -7,245,406,500 |
| 2016 | 2,230,000,000 |
Changes in inventories (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.93 billion (2024)
- Benin — 36.2 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 19.18 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — -240.22 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — -86.2 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -12.99 billion (2025)
- Chad — 299.39 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 5.94 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1.15 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 19.12 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Guinea-Bissau
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$61.31 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$188.91 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$188.91 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$188.91 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$188.91 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$87.73 (2023)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$391.44 million (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guinea-Bissau's changes in inventories (constant LCU)?
- -53.46 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 13,916% from 386.93 million in 1997. The highest value was 12.89 billion in 2014 and the lowest -125.79 billion in 2019.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank?
- 54th highest of 63 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (constant LCU) unusual for Guinea-Bissau?
- In 2025, Guinea-Bissau's changes in inventories (constant LCU) fell 22.53 billion on 2024 (from -30.93 billion to -53.46 billion). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was −1.16 billion and a typical year strayed about 23.38 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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