Guinea-Bissau
Government debt in Guinea-Bissau
Government debt in Guinea-Bissau: 94.3% of GDP in 1997 and 82.4% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 82.4% of GDP
- Since 1997
- −11.9 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 65.6% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 65.6% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 217.1% of GDP in 2000, the lowest 45.6% of GDP in 2011.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.4 |
| 2023 | 79.4 |
| 2022 | 80.7 |
| 2021 | 78.8 |
| 2020 | 77.6 |
| 2019 | 65.1 |
| 2018 | 59.1 |
| 2017 | 51.8 |
| 2016 | 59.1 |
| 2015 | 56.4 |
| 2014 | 60.1 |
| 2013 | 49.7 |
| 2012 | 47.4 |
| 2011 | 45.6 |
| 2010 | 61.7 |
| 2009 | 148.3 |
| 2008 | 148.8 |
| 2007 | 164 |
| 2006 | 190.4 |
| 2005 | 203.7 |
| 2004 | 202 |
| 2003 | 183.4 |
| 2002 | 197.5 |
| 2001 | 204.4 |
| 2000 | 217.1 |
| 1999 | 109.9 |
| 1998 | 109.1 |
| 1997 | 94.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.1 |
| 2026 | 73.9 |
| 2027 | 72 |
| 2028 | 70.1 |
| 2029 | 68.2 |
| 2030 | 66.6 |
| 2031 | 65.6 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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Guinea-Bissau in numbers
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- Military spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$21M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.53% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 1993