Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guinea-Bissau

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Guinea-Bissau in 2021 — 91.4%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 81. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.6 pp.

2021 91.4% +1.9 pp vs 2018
World rank 77of 81
Period maximum 97.6%2002
Period minimum 85.8%1991

Trend over time

1991–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guinea-Bissau, 1991–2021859095100199119941997200020032006200920122015201820211991: 85.8%1993: 92.1%2002: 97.6%2010: 94.9%2018: 89.5%2021: 91.4%
Change over the period: +5.6 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Guinea-Bissau 91.4%
World 48.7%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 91.4
2018 89.5
2010 94.9
2002 97.6
1993 92.1
1991 85.8

Western Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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