Guinea-Bissau
Safe drinking water in Guinea-Bissau
Safe drinking water in Guinea-Bissau: 17.8% in 2000 and 23.9% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 23.9%
- Since 2000
- +6.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 121 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.9 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 23.8 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 23.5 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 23.3 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 23 | 71 |
| 2017 | 22.7 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 22.4 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 22.2 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 21.9 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 21.6 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 21.3 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 21 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 20.7 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 20.4 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 20.2 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 19.9 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 19.6 | 64 |
| 2005 | 19.3 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 19 | 63 |
| 2003 | 18.7 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 18.4 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 18.1 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 17.8 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Guinea-Bissau in numbers
Every measure for Guinea-Bissau on one page
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Military
- 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