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Guinea

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In brief

Home broadband per 100 people: 0 (2022). World rank 204 of 208 (1 = best); in Africa, 51 of 54. Access to electricity: 53.8% (2024). World rank 195 of 214 (1 = best); in Africa, 36 of 54. Electricity from renewables: 88.1% (2021). World rank 18 of 206 (1 = best); in Africa, 9 of 54. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 6.4% → 33.3% and access to electricity 33.5% → 53.8%. Better than all its neighbours (Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone): electricity from renewables and electricity from fossil fuels.

Internet and communications

Using the internet
33.3% 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
98 2023
Home broadband per 100 people
0 2022
Internet domain
.gn

Energy

Access to electricity
53.8% 2024
Electricity use, kWh per person
No data
Renewable share of energy use
66.6% 2022
Electricity from renewables
88.1% 2021
Electricity from fossil fuels
11.9% 2021
Mains voltage
220 V
Plug types
C, F, K

Transport

Driving side
Right
Air passengers per year
58,500 1999
Airports
16 2025
Railways, km
1,086 2017

Science and innovation

Research spending, share of GDP
No data
Researchers per million people
No data
Scientific articles per year
55 2023
Patent applications by residents
No data
High-tech share of manufactured exports
0.9% 2016