Guinea-Bissau Poverty Rate 1991-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Guinea-Bissau poverty rate for 2021 was 89.10%, a 1.9% increase from 2018.
- Guinea-Bissau poverty rate for 2018 was 87.20%, a 7.1% decline from 2010.
- Guinea-Bissau poverty rate for 2010 was 94.30%, a 2.5% decline from 2002.
- Guinea-Bissau poverty rate for 2002 was 96.80%, a 6.2% increase from 1993.
Guinea-Bissau Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2021 |
89.10% |
1.90% |
2018 |
87.20% |
-7.10% |
2010 |
94.30% |
-2.50% |
2002 |
96.80% |
6.20% |
1993 |
90.60% |
7.00% |
1991 |
83.60% |
7.00% |