Guinea

Country in Africa

In brief

Agriculture, share of GDP: 31.3% (2025). World rank 11 of 197; in Africa, 9 of 51. Services, share of GDP: 35.7% (2025). World rank 193 of 200; in Africa, 47 of 51. Foreign direct investment, share of GDP: +27.4% (2025). World rank 6 of 197; in Africa, 1 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $8.8B → $28.3B, GDP per person $747 → $1,877, and GDP per person at purchasing power parity $1,930 → $4,935. Better than all its neighbours (Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone): GDP growth per year. Worse than all its neighbours (Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone): unemployment and youth unemployment.

Size and growth

GDP: $28.3B 2025
GDP per person: $1,877 2025
GDP per person at purchasing power parity: $4,935 2025
GDP growth per year: +7.5% 2025

Income and prices

Income level (World Bank): Lower-middle income
Gross national income per person: $1,730 2025
Inflation: +3.6% 2025
Price level, USA = 100: 32 2020

Structure and jobs

Agriculture, share of GDP: 31.3% 2025
Industry, share of GDP: 25.4% 2025
Services, share of GDP: 35.7% 2025
Unemployment: 5.2% 2025
Youth unemployment, ages 15–24: 7% 2025
Women in work or seeking work: 42.7% 2025

Trade and finance

Exports, share of GDP: 41.4% 2025
Imports, share of GDP: 62.3% 2025
Current account balance, share of GDP: -1.6% 2024
Foreign direct investment, share of GDP: +27.4% 2025
Remittances received, share of GDP: 2.5% 2024
Tax revenue, share of GDP: 7.4% 1992
Currency: Guinean Franc (GNF)

Poverty and inequality

Gini index (0 = full equality): 29.6 2018
Living on under $3 a day: 11.7% 2018