Guinea-Bissau: Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Guinea-Bissau's industry, including construction, value added (current US$) rose 13.2% on 2024 (from US$351.54 million to US$398 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +7.8% and a typical year strayed about 22.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 79.5% in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 44% in 1991. 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 US$22.97 million a year. A straight line explains 79% 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 US$411.11 million 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 US$84.19 million, against US$121.39 million 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 147th highest value of the 158 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

• Andorra — 144th of 158: US$575.51 million
• Antigua and Barbuda — 145th of 158: US$424.89 million
• Gambia, The — 146th of 158: US$410.59 million
• Seychelles — 148th of 158: US$342.54 million
• Cabo Verde — 149th of 158: US$327.77 million
• St. Lucia — 150th of 158: US$283.93 million

What this measures

Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 56 values

Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$33.07 billion (2025)
• Benin — US$4.3 billion (2025)
• Botswana — US$5.56 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — US$8.31 billion (2025)
• Burundi — US$613.34 million (2025)
• Cabo Verde — US$327.77 million (2025)
• Cameroon — US$14.6 billion (2025)
• Central African Republic — US$650.74 million (2025)
• Chad — US$5.74 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)

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Questions people ask

What is Guinea-Bissau's industry, including construction, value added (current US$)?

US$398 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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