Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Guinea
Guinea: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.9% in 2018. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Guinea, 1991–2018
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Guinea stood at 99.9%.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Guinea peaked at 100.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 98.8%, in 1994.
Guinea ranks 8th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.4% | 98.8% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.5% | 99.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More poverty & inequality data for Guinea
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,351 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.609 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.228 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.228 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2446 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3163 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Guinea?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Guinea was 99.9% in 2018, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.8% in 1994.
- How does Guinea rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Guinea ranks 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2018.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.