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.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Niger 96.30%
Central African Republic 96.20%
Guinea-Bissau 89.10%
Burkina Faso 88.10%
Togo 86.80%
Mali 85.90%
Benin 81.40%
Senegal 75.60%
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%