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Guinea

Guinea is a $28.3B economy (2025), growing 7.4% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 3.5%. 20 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.

USD/GNF

8,794.49

Guinean franc

WB pipeline

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Data

Economy

GDP · 2025

$28.3B

+13.3% vs 2024

2010: $6.9B2011: $6.8B2012: $7.6B2013: $8.4B2014: $8.8B2015: $8.8B2016: $8.6B2017: $10.3B2018: $11.9B2019: $13.4B2020: $14.1B2021: $17.1B2022: $19.9B2023: $22.4B2024: $25B2025: $28.3B
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GDP growth · 2025

7.4%

+2.1 pts vs 2024

2010: 4.8%2011: 5.6%2012: 5.9%2013: 3.9%2014: 3.7%2015: 3.8%2016: 10.8%2017: 10.3%2018: 6.4%2019: 5.6%2020: 4.7%2021: 5.6%2022: 4.0%2023: 5.5%2024: 5.4%2025: 7.4%
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GDP per capita · 2025

$1.9K

+10.8% vs 2024

2010: $659.22011: $636.72012: $699.42013: $748.52014: $765.12015: $747.42016: $7122017: $833.62018: $933.32019: $1K2020: $1.1K2021: $1.2K2022: $1.4K2023: $1.6K2024: $1.7K2025: $1.9K
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Inflation · 2025

3.5%

−4.6 pts vs 2024

2010: 15.1%2011: 21.3%2012: 15.2%2013: 11.9%2014: 6.2%2015: 11.8%2016: 8.2%2017: 8.9%2018: 9.8%2019: 9.5%2020: 10.6%2021: 12.6%2022: 10.5%2023: 7.8%2024: 8.1%2025: 3.5%
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Unemployment · 2025

5.2%

+0.0 pts vs 2024

2010: 5.0%2011: 5.0%2012: 4.9%2013: 4.9%2014: 5.0%2015: 5.2%2016: 5.0%2017: 4.9%2018: 4.8%2019: 5.0%2020: 6.0%2021: 5.8%2022: 5.2%2023: 5.1%2024: 5.1%2025: 5.2%
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Population · 2025

15.1M

+2.3% vs 2024

2010: 10.4M2011: 10.7M2012: 10.9M2013: 11.2M2014: 11.5M2015: 11.8M2016: 12.1M2017: 12.4M2018: 12.7M2019: 13M2020: 13.4M2021: 13.7M2022: 14.1M2023: 14.4M2024: 14.8M2025: 15.1M
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Agriculture share · 2025

31.3%

+0.3 pts vs 2024

2010: 17.5%2011: 16.1%2012: 16.8%2013: 17.5%2014: 17.5%2015: 18.5%2016: 17.6%2017: 20.5%2018: 22.9%2019: 26.4%2020: 26.3%2021: 27.1%2022: 28.4%2023: 29.5%2024: 31.0%2025: 31.3%
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Data

Debt, rates and money

Government debt

Not published by source

External debt · 2024

23.2%

−2.0 pts vs 2023

2010: 47.8%2011: 48.2%2012: 17.8%2013: 21.1%2014: 21.5%2015: 23.6%2016: 26.1%2017: 23.3%2018: 22.2%2019: 26.6%2020: 29.5%2021: 28.3%2022: 25.1%2023: 25.2%2024: 23.2%
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Debt service · 2024

3.7%

+1.2 pts vs 2023

2010: 5.2%2011: 11.7%2012: 6.0%2013: 2.0%2014: 2.4%2015: 4.1%2016: 2.3%2017: 1.7%2018: 2.7%2019: 2.7%2020: 1.5%2021: 1.5%2022: 2.4%2023: 2.6%2024: 3.7%
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Import cover · 2024

1.3 mo

−0.9 mo vs 2023

2010: 1.9 mo2011: 4.0 mo2012: 2.8 mo2013: 3.1 mo2014: 3.7 mo2015: 2.7 mo2016: 1.9 mo2017: 2.7 mo2018: 3.4 mo2019: 3.7 mo2020: 2.8 mo2021: 4.3 mo2022: 4.1 mo2023: 2.2 mo2024: 1.3 mo
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Lending rate

Not published by source

Private credit · 2025

10.6%

−0.1 pts vs 2024

2010: 3.9%2011: 6.8%2012: 5.9%2013: 7.3%2014: 9.9%2015: 11.8%2016: 10.8%2017: 9.1%2018: 9.6%2019: 10.3%2020: 10.0%2021: 9.0%2022: 10.5%2023: 10.2%2024: 10.7%2025: 10.6%
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FX (annual avg) · 2020

9,565

+4.2% vs 2019

2010: 5,7262011: 6,6582012: 6,9862013: 6,9082014: 7,0142015: 7,4862016: 8,9682017: 9,0882018: 9,0112019: 9,1842020: 9,565

Data

Capital flows

FDI inflows · 2024

$1.4B

+6.6% vs 2023

2011: $956.1M2012: $605.6M2013: $190K2014: $-73.8M2015: $53.3M2016: $1.6B2017: $577.6M2018: $352.8M2019: $44.4M2020: $176.4M2021: $197.6M2022: $658.3M2023: $1.3B2024: $1.4B
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Remittances · 2024

$616.4M

+24.1% vs 2023

2010: $46.3M2011: $64.5M2012: $66.3M2013: $93M2014: $121.4M2015: $130.6M2016: $52.2M2017: $44.7M2018: $28.4M2019: $158.1M2020: $22.5M2021: $343.9M2022: $527.3M2023: $496.8M2024: $616.4M
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Data

Trade

Exports · 2025

41.4%

+0.0 pts vs 2024

2010: 30.3%2011: 32.6%2012: 33.1%2013: 26.5%2014: 26.7%2015: 21.5%2016: 29.4%2017: 44.7%2018: 40.2%2019: 35.0%2020: 47.0%2021: 56.2%2022: 45.4%2023: 44.1%2024: 41.4%2025: 41.4%
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Current account · 2024

-1.6%

−10.1 pts vs 2023

2010: -4.8%2011: -17.1%2012: -13.6%2013: -14.2%2014: -11.2%2015: -11.6%2016: -31.9%2017: 5.0%2018: -1.6%2019: -2.3%2020: 19.1%2021: 27.2%2022: 16.8%2023: 8.5%2024: -1.6%
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Data

Technology

Internet use · 2024

33.3%

+1.0 pts vs 2023

2010: 1.0%2011: 2.0%2012: 3.1%2013: 4.5%2014: 6.4%2015: 9.2%2016: 13.1%2017: 18.7%2018: 21.8%2019: 23.9%2020: 26.1%2021: 28.6%2022: 31.3%2023: 32.3%2024: 33.3%
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Mobile subscriptions · 2023

98

+2.7% vs 2022

2010: 382011: 462012: 512013: 662014: 762015: 912016: 922017: 942018: 952019: 992020: 1082021: 1102022: 952023: 98
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Data

Climate and energy

Electricity access · 2024

53.8%

+2.7 pts vs 2023

2010: 28.1%2011: 29.5%2012: 26.2%2013: 32.2%2014: 33.5%2015: 34.9%2016: 33.5%2017: 35.4%2018: 45.0%2019: 42.2%2020: 44.7%2021: 46.8%2022: 47.7%2023: 51.1%2024: 53.8%
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Renewable share · 2022

66.6%

−0.2 pts vs 2021

2010: 75.7%2011: 74.8%2012: 76.4%2013: 78.5%2014: 78.6%2015: 76.2%2016: 75.3%2017: 72.0%2018: 73.2%2019: 68.3%2020: 65.8%2021: 66.8%2022: 66.6%
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print

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Capital

World Bank lending to Guinea

0 in the pipeline · 17 active · commitments as published by the Bank.

ProjectThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
Guinea Electricity Access Scale Up Project-Phase 2P518505Climate & energyActiveSept 2026$27.8M
Guinea Commercial Agriculture Development Project Phase 2P514713Water & agricultureActiveJun 2026$116M
Guinea Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Public Expenditure ManagementP513145Finance & fiscalActiveJun 2026$75M
Guinea: Skills for Innovation, Resilience, and Aspirations (SIRA)P511651Climate & energyActiveJun 2026$100M
Emergency Response and Nafa Program Support ProjectP509415OtherActiveAug 2025$50M
Guinea Electricity Access Scale Up Project-Phase 2P511453Climate & energyActiveJun 2025$132.3M
Guinea Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP)P509503Finance & fiscalActiveJun 2025—
Guinea Kounki Fisheries and Aquaculture ProjectP180906Water & agricultureActiveJun 2025$100M
Guinea Water and Sanitation ProjectP179017Water & agricultureActiveApr 2025$200M
Guinea Enhancing Health System Transformation (GUEST) ProjectP506072Health & educationActiveSept 2024$85M
Emergency Response and Nafa Program Support Project Additional FinancingP177214Social protectionActiveApr 2023$80M
Guinea Support to Local Governance Project 2P177095Climate & energyActiveMar 2023$81M
Second Additional Financing to Guinea COVID-19 Emergency Response and System Preparedness Strengthening ProjectP178602OtherActiveJun 2022$25.4M
Additional Financing for COVID-19 Emergency Response and System Preparedness Strengthening ProjectP176706OtherActiveJun 2021$28.2M
Guinea Natural Resources, Mining and Environmental Management ProjectP168613OtherActiveMay 2021$65M
Guinea Commercial Agriculture Development ProjectP164184Water & agricultureActiveSept 2020$90M
Emergency Response and Nafa Program Support ProjectP168777Social protectionActiveMay 2020$70M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

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