Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 85.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau is 85.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 85.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 73.6%, in 2009.
That places Guinea-Bissau 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 73.6% | — |
| 2010 | 73.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 74.7% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 78.6% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 76.9% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 74.5% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 78.1% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 81.2% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 82.7% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 84.9% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 85.5% | +0.6% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 85.5% is above the median for low income countries, which is 44.4%, 1.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 85.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.6% | 73.6% | 73.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 79.1% | 73.7% | 85.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Guinea-Bissau was 85.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 85.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.6% in 2009.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.