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Last European coloniser: France · Largest religious group: Muslims. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

Guinea

Against lower middle income countries, Guinea ranks 5th of 47 on environment and 43rd of 46 on education. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare Guinea with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure Guinea reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Governance score 2025-0.68132 of 17932 of 45moderate +0.53
Health score 2023-0.47162 of 19340 of 47moderate +0.32
Education score 2020-0.60182 of 19943 of 46proxy +0.81
Equality score 2018+0.4464 of 16511 of 44high +0.64
Infrastructure score 2023+0.16170 of 21033 of 47proxy +0.90
Gender score 2024+0.29106 of 18620 of 46moderate +0.37
Environment score 2024+1.1110 of 2135 of 47moderate -0.33
Labour score 2025-0.54168 of 19535 of 47high +0.79

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for Guinea, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

crime

Conflict deaths0per 100,000 people2025higher is worse
Armed conflict present01 if any conflict, else 02025higher is worse

culture

Religiously unaffiliated1.32%% of population2020no agreed direction
Christian share11.7%% of population2020no agreed direction
Muslim share86.8%% of population2020no agreed direction
Single-parent households4.41%% of households2021no agreed direction
One-person households5.07%% of households2021no agreed direction
Women in a union70.9%% of women aged 15-492018no agreed direction

demography

Median age18years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing28.3years2023no agreed direction
Population15,099,727people2025no agreed direction
Population growth2.31%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization38.5%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+3.47%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1440.5%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate4.13births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate33.3per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration-16,282people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population0.8%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

HDI0.5index, 0 to 12023higher is better
Inequality-adjusted HDI0.302index, 0 to 12023higher is better
GDP per capita (PPP)$4,217international $2025higher is better
GNI per capita (PPP)$4,181international $2025higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$1,098US$2025higher is better
GDP growth7.45%% per year2025no agreed direction
Inflation3.55%% per year2025no agreed direction
Trade openness104%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
FDI inflows5.61%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Government consumption16.7%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
Military spending2.05%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Employment in agriculture47.4%% of employment2025no agreed direction

education

Primary completion61%% of children2025higher is better
Expected schooling10.4years2023higher is better
Mean years of schooling2.49years2023higher is better
Education spending1.72%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Primary enrollment100%% gross2020higher is better
Secondary enrollment38.6%% gross2014higher is better
Tertiary enrollment10.9%% gross2014higher is better
Adult literacy39.6%% of adults2018higher is better
Compulsory schooling6years2025no agreed direction
Out of school, primary14.7%% of primary-age children2020higher is worse
Pupil-teacher ratio47.1pupils per teacher2016higher is worse

environment

CO2 per capita0.353t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area24.7%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land73.2%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land42.6%% of land area2025higher is better

gender

Gender Inequality Index0.609index, 0 to 12023higher is worse
Gender Development Index0.828ratio of women's HDI to men's2023no agreed direction
Women's political empowerment0.532index (0-1)2025higher is better
Women ministers22.2%% of ministers2024higher is better
Women in parliament29.6%% of seats2025higher is better
Married by 1846.5%% of women aged 20-242018higher is worse

governance

Corruption Perceptions Index28index (0-100, higher = cleaner)2024higher is better
Political rights (FH)6rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Civil liberties (FH)5rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Pre-trial detainee share55.5%% of prisoners2024higher is worse
Refugees originating285per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Electoral democracy0.187index (0-1)2025higher is better
Liberal democracy0.095index (0-1)2025higher is better
Participatory democracy0.12index (0-1)2025higher is better
Free and fair elections0.002index (0-1)2025higher is better
Regime type0regime category (0-3)2025higher is better
Political corruption0.808index (0-1)2025higher is worse
Freedom of expression0.56index (0-1)2025higher is better
Freedom of association0.424index (0-1)2025higher is better
Political civil liberties0.453index (0-1)2025higher is better
Civil society participation0.531index (0-1)2025higher is better
Birth registration62%% of children under 52018higher is better
Control of corruption-1.17index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law-1.15index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness-0.888index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality-0.892index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability-1.21index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability-1.04index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy60.9years2024higher is better
Infant mortality59.8per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality92.1per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Health spending3.69%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Suicide rate4.82per 100,0002021higher is worse
Hospital beds0.3per 1,000 people2011no agreed direction
Basic water access74.2%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation32.6%% of population2024higher is better
Child stunting26.6%% of children under 52024higher is worse
Adolescent fertility117births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Maternal mortality494per 100,000 live births2023higher is worse
Skilled birth attendance55.3%% of births2018higher is better
Alcohol consumption0.52litres per adult per year2020no agreed direction
Road traffic deaths29.7per 100,000 population2019higher is worse
Physicians0.21per 1,000 people2022higher is better
DTP3 immunisation63%% of children aged 12-23 months2024higher is better
HIV prevalence1.3%% of adults aged 15-492024higher is worse
Tuberculosis incidence178per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Premature NCD mortality23.6%% probability, ages 30-702021higher is worse
Anaemia in women45.7%% of women aged 15-492023higher is worse
Out-of-pocket health spending54.4%% of health spending2023higher is worse
Undernourishment11.4%% of population2023higher is worse
Adult obesity10.6%% of adults2024higher is worse
Health coverage index43index, 0 to 1002023higher is better

inequality

Gini index29.6index (0-100)2018higher is worse
Extreme poverty rate11.7%% of population2018higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users33.3%% of population2024higher is better
Mobile subscriptions97.9per 100 people2023higher is better
Electricity access53.8%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population44%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband0.00628per 100 people2022higher is better

labor

Unemployment5.16%% of labor force2025higher is worse
Female labor participation42.6%% of women 15+2025no agreed direction
Male labor participation63.1%% of men 15+2025no agreed direction
Youth not in work or study34.3%% of 15 to 24 year olds2019higher is worse
Vulnerable employment79.2%% of employment2025higher is worse

wellbeing

Life satisfaction4.61score (0-10)2025higher is better

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with Guinea

Also in Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Fed. Rep., South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Also lower middle income, in other regions: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Haiti, Honduras, India, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB, West Bank and Gaza.