Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 1.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau is 1.4%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 39.3% on the previous year and down 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 4.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2000.
That places Guinea-Bissau 21st out of 149 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +162.2% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -39.6% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +71.9% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | +54.4% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | +34.7% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +30.4% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | -18.8% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | +31.9% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -45.6% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +46.7% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | +81.4% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -58.7% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +23.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | +37.6% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | +34.9% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | -39.3% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 1.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.5%, 93% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 1.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 0.4% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.8% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 18 Burkina Faso 1.5% compare
- 19 Niger 1.5% compare
- 20 Syria 1.5% compare
- 22 Madagascar 1.3% compare
- 23 Tuvalu 1.3% compare
- 24 Comoros 1.3% compare
- 24 Sierra Leone 1.3% compare
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Guinea-Bissau was 1.4% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2000.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 21st out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).