Guinea-Bissau: GNI per capita (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Guinea-Bissau's GNI per capita (constant LCU) rose 16,570 on 2024 (from 467,010 to 483,580).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2024), the average change was +6,480 and a typical year strayed about 23,010 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 46,080 in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 53,118 in 1998. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 8,685 a year. A straight line explains 78% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 499,335 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 10,110, against 26,975 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Guinea-Bissau had the 34th highest value of the 101 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

• Burkina Faso — 30th of 101: 523,514
• Chad — 31st of 101: 500,276
• Congo, Rep. — 32nd of 101: 491,485
• Cabo Verde — 34th of 101: 482,580
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 35th of 101: 468,333
• Denmark — 36th of 101: 442,252

What this measures

Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.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

GNI per capita (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• Angola — 491,680 (2024)
• Benin — 813,615 (2025)
• Botswana — 69,511 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 523,514 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 482,580 (2025)
• Cameroon — 878,769 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 160,529 (2025)
• Chad — 500,276 (2025)
• Comoros — 568,384 (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 111,331 (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 491,485 (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)

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Questions people ask

What is Guinea-Bissau's GNI per capita (constant LCU)?

483,580 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is up 65.58% from 292,053 in 1997 (1.82% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 483,580 in 2025 and the lowest 238,935 in 1998.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNP.PCAP.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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