Income inequality: Atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3531 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau stood at 0.3531. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.5441 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3531, in 2019.
That places Guinea-Bissau 56th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.5441 | — |
| 2011 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5441 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3531 | -35.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3531 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3531 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3531 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3531 | +0.0% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.3531 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.3934, 90% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.3531 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 81% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.525 | 0.3531 | 0.5441 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3531 | 0.3531 | 0.3531 | 4 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -5.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 9.17 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 9.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Guinea-Bissau was 0.3531 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5441 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3531 in 2019.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 56th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.