Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5238 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Guinea-Bissau, 1991–2021
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Guinea-Bissau is 0.5238, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.6964 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5238, in 2021.
That places Guinea-Bissau 52nd out of 109 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6601 | 0.6238 | 0.6964 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5507 | 0.5507 | 0.5507 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.61 | 0.543 | 0.6771 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.5238 | 0.5238 | 0.5238 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More poverty & inequality data for Guinea-Bissau
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.84 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,333 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 9.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.632 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.184 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.184 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2097 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3531 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Guinea-Bissau?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Guinea-Bissau was 0.5238 in 2021, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6964 in 1991.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5238 in 2021.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 52nd out of 109 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.