Guinea: CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Guinea's CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high) did not change 0 on 2024 (from 3 to 3).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 and a typical year strayed about 0.26 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 0.5 in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.5 in 2006. 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 3% 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 had the 31st highest value of the 72 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 in the 2025 ranking

• Congo, Rep. — 38th of 72: 3
• Dominica — 39th of 72: 3
• Gambia, The — 40th of 72: 3
• Guyana — 42nd of 72: 3
• Liberia — 43rd of 72: 3
• Madagascar — 44th of 72: 3

What this measures

The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Social Protection criterion assesses government policies in social protection and labor market regulations that reduce the risk of becoming poor, assist those who are poor to better manage further risks, and ensure a minimal level of welfare to all people.

Limitations: The scores depend on the level of performance each year assessed against the criteria, rather than on changes in performance compared to the previous year. The ratings depend on actual policies and performance, rather than on promises or intentions. In some cases, measures such as the passage of specific legislation can represent an important action that deserves consideration. However, the way such actions should be factored into the ratings is carefully assessed, because in the end, it is the implementation of legislation that determines the extent of its impact.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a unweighted average.

All 21 values

CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high) in nearby economies

• Benin — 3.5 (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 3 (2025)
• Burundi — 3 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 4 (2025)
• Cameroon — 3 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 2 (2025)
• Chad — 3 (2025)
• Comoros — 2.5 (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 3 (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 3 (2025)

More public sector data for Guinea

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 6 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 600.54 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 5.2 trillion (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 13,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.32% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.03% (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 10.63% (2025)
• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
• CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

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Questions people ask

What is Guinea's CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high)?

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

How has it changed since 2005?

It is down 14.29% from 3.5 in 2005 (0.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.5 in 2005 and the lowest 2.5 in 2013.

How does Guinea rank?

31st highest of 72 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high) unusual for Guinea?

In 2025, Guinea's CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high) did not change 0 on 2024 (from 3 to 3). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 and a typical year strayed about 0.26 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 IQ.CPA.PROT.XQ, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0038988 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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