Guinea — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Guinea, 1970–2025.
GDP per capita for Guinea was 1,877 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4,062 in 1985. The lowest was 447 in 2006 (about 4.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.68% per year.
Guinea ranks 178 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 1985 and has fallen 54% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 151%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 21 of 47 economies; Benin (1,658) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 88% in 1986. That is 58% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1978. Doubling roughly every 42 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 54th of 146 in 1970 → 72nd of 163 in 1980 → 150th of 192 in 1990 → 164th of 204 in 2000 → 197th of 212 in 2010 → 185th of 210 in 2020 → 156th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,877.25 | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 1,694.95 | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 1,555.49 | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 1,416.6 | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 1,244.97 | +18.2% |
| 2020 | 1,053.66 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1,031.34 | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 933.27 | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 833.6 | +17.1% |
| 2016 | 712 | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 747.36 | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 765.15 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 748.46 | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 699.35 | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 636.69 | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 659.24 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 662.19 | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 703.53 | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 650.15 | +45.5% |
| 2006 | 446.98 | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 463.18 | -20.8% |
| 2004 | 584.9 | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 566.49 | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 495.92 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 483.09 | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 518.16 | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 610.61 | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 647.38 | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 695.58 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 726.03 | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 713.03 | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 671.58 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 670.74 | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 692.65 | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 656.42 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 604.3 | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 570.49 | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 574 | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 504.51 | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 505.88 | -87.5% |
| 1985 | 4,061.7 | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 3,361.53 | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 2,822.84 | +24.2% |
| 1982 | 2,272.63 | +21.2% |
| 1981 | 1,875.54 | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 1,930.99 | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 1,790 | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 1,657.96 | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 1,440.16 | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,430.66 | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 1,311.33 | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 1,242.53 | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 1,143.3 | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 948.5 | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 825.29 | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 752.82 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guinea’s GDP per capita in 1971?
825.29 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Guinea’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Guinea’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +149.4% in total — about 1.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. 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: 1,877.25; 2024: 1,694.95; 2023: 1,555.49; 2022: 1,416.6; 2021: 1,244.97. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.