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Guinea

GN

Conakry · pop. 14M · French · Guinean franc

Trajectories

economic complexity

#136

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · −1.79

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1995−1.68
1996−1.96−0.28 pts
1997−1.69+0.27 pts
1998−2.13−0.44 pts
1999low−2.59−0.46 pts
2000−2.03+0.56 pts
2001−1.83+0.20 pts
2002−1.98−0.15 pts
2003−2.45−0.47 pts
2004−1.90+0.55 pts
2005−2.08−0.18 pts
2006−2.01+0.08 pts
2007−2.23−0.22 pts
2008−1.81+0.42 pts
2009−1.89−0.08 pts
2010−2.08−0.19 pts
2011−2.07+0.01 pts
2012−1.91+0.16 pts
2013−1.55+0.36 pts
2014−2.03−0.48 pts
2015−1.62+0.41 pts
2016−2.19−0.57 pts
2017−2.29−0.11 pts
2018−1.71+0.58 pts
2019−2.16−0.45 pts
2020−2.30−0.14 pts
2021−2.33−0.03 pts
2022high−1.26+1.07 pts
2023−1.59−0.33 pts
2024latest−1.79−0.20 pts

economic momentum

$1,695

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $1,695

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$604
1991$656+8.6%
1992$693+5.5%
1993$671−3.2%
1994$672+0.1%
1995$713+6.2%
1996$726+1.8%
1997$696−4.2%
1998$647−6.9%
1999$611−5.7%
2000$518−15.1%
2001$483−6.8%
2002$496+2.7%
2003$566+14.2%
2004$585+3.3%
2005$463−20.8%
2006low$447−3.5%
2007$650+45.5%
2008$704+8.2%
2009$662−5.9%
2010$659−0.4%
2011$637−3.4%
2012$699+9.8%
2013$748+7.0%
2014$765+2.2%
2015$747−2.3%
2016$712−4.7%
2017$834+17.1%
2018$933+12.0%
2019$1,031+10.5%
2020$1,054+2.2%
2021$1,245+18.2%
2022$1,417+13.8%
2023$1,555+9.8%
2024latest$1,695+9.0%

prices

8.1%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 8.1%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
200531.4%
2006high34.7%+3.32 pts
200718.2%−16.5 pts
200823.1%+4.89 pts
2009low4.7%−18.4 pts
201015.1%+10.4 pts
201121.3%+6.27 pts
201215.2%−6.09 pts
201311.9%−3.34 pts
20146.2%−5.74 pts
201511.8%+5.63 pts
20168.2%−3.61 pts
20178.9%+0.74 pts
20189.8%+0.91 pts
20199.5%−0.36 pts
202010.6%+1.13 pts
202112.6%+2.00 pts
202210.5%−2.10 pts
20237.8%−2.69 pts
2024latest8.1%+0.32 pts

demographic curve

4.1 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.5 in 1980.

2024 · 4.1

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.1
19616.1+0.2%
19626.1+0.2%
19636.2+0.2%
19646.2+0.2%
19656.2+0.2%
19666.2+0.2%
19676.2+0.2%
19686.2+0.2%
19696.2+0.2%
19706.2+0.2%
19716.3+0.3%
19726.3+0.3%
19736.3+0.4%
19746.3+0.4%
19756.4+0.5%
19766.4+0.5%
19776.4+0.5%
19786.4+0.1%
19796.5+0.2%
19806.5+0.1%
19816.50.0%
19826.5+0.4%
19836.50.0%
19846.5+0.4%
19856.5+0.2%
19866.5+0.3%
1987high6.6+0.4%
19886.6−0.2%
19896.5−0.2%
19906.5−0.5%
19916.5−0.5%
19926.5−0.5%
19936.4−0.7%
19946.4−0.8%
19956.3−1.1%
19966.2−1.3%
19976.1−1.3%
19986.1−1.2%
19996.0−1.1%
20005.9−1.1%
20015.8−1.4%
20025.8−0.9%
20035.7−0.6%
20045.7−0.2%
20055.7−0.1%
20065.7−0.4%
20075.7−0.7%
20085.6−1.2%
20095.5−1.2%
20105.4−1.7%
20115.3−1.8%
20125.2−2.0%
20135.2−1.5%
20145.1−1.6%
20155.0−1.3%
20164.9−1.7%
20174.8−2.5%
20184.7−2.6%
20194.6−2.0%
20204.5−1.9%
20214.4−2.0%
20224.3−2.2%
20234.2−2.0%
2024latest4.1−2.0%

Metrics

  1. population
    14M
    76 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $22B
    116 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $1,555
    138 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $505M
    94 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    2.1%
    45 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    246K km²
    80 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    56.9 /km²
    101 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    60.7 yr
    167 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    27%
    147 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.35 t
    139 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    38%
    137 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    4.1
    22 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    0.8%
    132 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    2.5%
    73 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    47
    145 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    1%
    133 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    29.6
    25 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    7%
    37 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. adult literacy
    40%
    104 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.10
    129 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. clean government
    28
    119 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    35.4
    93 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.500
    150 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees hosted
    2.2K
    113 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  25. refugees produced
    42K
    31 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data