Guinea-Bissau — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Guinea-Bissau, 1988–2025.
Inflation for Guinea-Bissau was 0.87% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 38 years, from 1988 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 80.79% in 1989. The lowest was -3.50% in 2003 (about -4.0× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -10.81% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 156 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Guinea-Bissau sits below it. It peaked in 1989 and has fallen 99% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 41%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 40 of 46 economies; Togo (0.43%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 514% in 2000. That is 68% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 10th of 128 in 1988 → 18th of 131 in 1990 → 37th of 163 in 2000 → 113th of 186 in 2010 → 112th of 178 in 2020 → 139th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1988 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.87% | -2.9 pp |
| 2024 | 3.77% | -3.3 pp |
| 2023 | 7.1% | -2.3 pp |
| 2022 | 9.39% | +7.1 pp |
| 2021 | 2.24% | +1.1 pp |
| 2020 | 1.14% | +0.9 pp |
| 2019 | 0.25% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 0.38% | -1.3 pp |
| 2017 | 1.69% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 1.48% | +3.0 pp |
| 2014 | -1.51% | -2.7 pp |
| 2013 | 1.21% | -0.9 pp |
| 2012 | 2.13% | -2.9 pp |
| 2011 | 5.05% | +2.5 pp |
| 2010 | 2.52% | +4.2 pp |
| 2009 | -1.65% | -12.1 pp |
| 2008 | 10.46% | +5.8 pp |
| 2007 | 4.62% | +2.7 pp |
| 2006 | 1.95% | -1.4 pp |
| 2005 | 3.33% | +2.4 pp |
| 2004 | 0.88% | +4.4 pp |
| 2003 | -3.5% | -6.8 pp |
| 2002 | 3.3% | -0.0 pp |
| 2001 | 3.35% | -5.3 pp |
| 2000 | 8.64% | +10.7 pp |
| 1999 | -2.09% | -10.1 pp |
| 1998 | 8.01% | -41.1 pp |
| 1997 | 49.1% | -1.6 pp |
| 1996 | 50.73% | +5.4 pp |
| 1995 | 45.37% | +30.2 pp |
| 1994 | 15.18% | -32.9 pp |
| 1993 | 48.11% | -21.5 pp |
| 1992 | 69.58% | +12.0 pp |
| 1991 | 57.6% | +24.6 pp |
| 1990 | 33% | -47.8 pp |
| 1989 | 80.79% | +20.5 pp |
| 1988 | 60.28% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guinea-Bissau’s Inflation in 1989?
80.79% (1989). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Guinea-Bissau’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1988 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -98.5% in total — about 10.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.87%; 2024: 3.77%; 2023: 7.1%; 2022: 9.39%; 2021: 2.24%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.