Population below five meters above sea level — all countries

Population below five meters above sea level — Guinea

Population below five meters above sea level in Guinea in 2015 — 2.35%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.29 pp.

2015 2.35% +0.32 pp vs 2000
World rank 98of 215
Period maximum 2.35%2015
Period minimum 2.03%2000

Trend over time

1990–2015 · % of population

Population below five meters above sea level — Guinea, 1990–201522.12.22.32.41990199319961999200220052008201120141990: 2.05%2000: 2.03%2015: 2.35%
Change over the period: +0.29 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea

Guinea 2.35%
World 4.06%
Western Africa computed 3.33%
Population below five meters above sea level — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 2.35
2000 2.03
1990 2.05

About the indicator

The share of the population living less than five meters above sea level. The threshold is not arbitrary: this is the zone already threatened by storm surges and, over the coming century, by sea level rise. In absolute numbers the densely populated deltas of Asia come first; by share, island states and the Netherlands — and the latter show that a high share does not equal high risk, since everything depends on whether coastal defenses are in place.

Important: The series is not annual: the World Bank computes it from a digital elevation model for individual benchmark years, the latest of which is 2015, and has not updated it since. No one has fresher data of this kind; the values are best read as an order-of-magnitude estimate.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.