Guinea-Bissau, year by year

Every index this site holds for Guinea-Bissau, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

Human development rose from 0.412 in 2005 to 0.514 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 64.3 years2024at birthUp 11.3 years from 53 years in 2005
Internet users: 30%2024of people onlineUp 28 points from 2% in 2006
Urban population: 47%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 39% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.762024births per womanDown 1.70 from 5.46 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 87%2022of energy usedDown 1 point from 89% in 2004
Access to electricity: 44%2024of people with electricityUp 39 points from 5% in 2005
Infant mortality: 422024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 43 from 85 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 70%2023of land under forestDown 6 points from 75% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	46.9	—	—	6.50	88.6	—	124	0.2	79.4	—	—
1991	—	47.2	—	32.8	6.47	88.6	—	122	0.2	79.1	—	—
1992	—	47.5	—	33.4	6.44	88.5	—	120	0.2	78.8	—	—
1993	—	47.8	—	34.0	6.37	88.0	—	118	0.2	78.5	—	—
1994	—	47.8	—	34.5	6.30	88.5	—	116	0.2	78.2	—	—
1995	—	48.5	—	34.9	6.22	88.6	—	113	0.2	77.9	—	—
1996	—	48.8	—	35.4	6.14	89.4	—	111	0.2	77.6	—	—
1997	—	48.0	0.0	35.8	6.06	88.4	—	108	0.2	77.3	—	—
1998	—	48.1	0.0	36.1	5.97	89.0	—	106	0.2	77.0	—	—
1999	—	48.5	0.1	36.5	5.87	88.1	—	103	0.2	76.7	—	—
2000	—	50.6	0.2	36.8	5.79	91.2	—	101	0.2	76.4	—	—
2001	—	51.0	0.3	37.2	5.69	91.2	—	98	0.2	76.1	—	—
2002	—	51.6	1.0	37.5	5.63	91.0	1	95	0.2	75.8	—	—
2003	—	52.2	1.4	37.8	5.58	89.0	3	92	0.2	75.5	—	—
2004	—	52.8	1.8	38.1	5.50	88.6	4	89	0.2	75.2	—	—
2005	0.412	53.0	1.9	38.4	5.46	88.5	5	85	0.2	74.9	—	—
2006	0.424	54.1	2.1	38.7	5.41	88.3	15	82	0.2	74.6	449	1226
2007	0.431	54.9	2.2	39.0	5.37	87.9	8	78	0.2	74.3	519	1260
2008	0.436	55.3	2.4	39.3	5.27	88.4	9	75	0.2	74.0	640	1309
2009	0.444	56.3	2.3	39.7	5.18	87.9	5	71	0.2	73.7	583	1315
2010	0.452	57.0	2.5	40.0	5.11	87.8	6	68	0.2	73.4	600	1370
2011	0.460	57.7	2.7	40.4	5.07	87.9	14	65	0.2	73.1	720	1472
2012	0.462	58.3	2.9	40.9	5.00	87.8	15	62	0.2	72.8	635	1402
2013	0.469	58.9	3.1	41.3	4.93	87.7	16	59	0.2	72.5	654	1416
2014	0.476	59.5	3.3	41.7	4.79	87.3	17	57	0.2	72.2	652	1456
2015	0.481	60.1	6.1	42.2	4.66	87.2	20	55	0.2	71.9	645	1730
2016	0.486	60.6	13.8	42.6	4.52	86.8	23	53	0.2	71.6	680	1824
2017	0.491	61.1	14.8	43.0	4.35	86.8	26	52	0.2	71.3	783	2082
2018	0.493	61.6	15.7	43.4	4.24	86.6	28	50	0.2	71.0	809	2058
2019	0.501	62.2	17.9	43.9	4.15	86.2	31	49	0.2	70.7	811	2247
2020	0.498	61.3	20.5	44.3	4.08	87.2	33	47	0.2	70.4	847	2340
2021	0.502	61.6	23.4	44.7	4.00	87.4	36	46	0.2	70.1	927	2522
2022	0.511	63.6	27.7	45.2	3.91	87.4	37	45	0.2	69.8	882	2786
2023	0.514	64.1	28.7	45.6	3.84	—	41	43	0.1	69.5	964	2956
2024	—	64.3	29.8	46.1	3.76	—	44	42	0.2	—	998	3093
2025	—	—	—	46.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	1124	3293
On the profile	0.514	64.3	29.8	46.7	3.76	87.4	—	—	0.2	69.5	1124	3293

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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