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Guinea-Bissau — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Guinea-Bissau, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.81%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +1.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Guinea-Bissau was 64.81% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 64.84% in 2022. The lowest was 62.17% in 2019 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.03% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 65 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Guinea-Bissau sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.81%
First (1990)
64.08%
Change
+1.1%
Highest
64.84%
in 2022
Lowest
62.17%
in 2019
Average
63.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.03%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.81% |
| 2024 | 64.75% |
| 2023 | 64.8% |
| 2022 | 64.84% |
| 2021 | 63.77% |
| 2020 | 62.5% |
| 2019 | 62.17% |
| 2018 | 62.9% |
| 2017 | 63% |
| 2016 | 63.09% |
| 2015 | 63.16% |
| 2014 | 63.22% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.