Guinea-Bissau

 

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Guinea-Bissau
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP2.99[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita1596.36[$]
Population1.87[millions]
Urbanization44.20[%]
Land Area34018.96[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 161 29.1 -0.9
Health 174 15.1 2.5
Air Quality 159 22.1 -0.5
PM2.5 114 32.8 -2.2
Household solid fuels 172 6.4 2.9
Ozone 146 29.2 -9.7
Sanitation & Drinking Water 172 6.7 6.4
Sanitation 172 7 6.5
Drinking water 172 6.5 6.3
Heavy Metals 162 28.5 4.3
Lead 162 28.5 4.3
Waste Management 133 - -
Solid waste 133 - -
Ecosystem Vitality 133 38.4 -3.2
Biodiversity 56 72.2 3.3
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 67 90.9 15.2
Terrestrial biomes (global) 43 99.4 0.9
Marine protected areas 35 59.3 8.5
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 93 28.7 11.9
Species Habitat Index 131 69.4 -28.2
Species Protection Index 97 73.3 -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 97 51.3 0.5
Ecosystem Services 153 22.1 -10.4
Tree cover loss 154 16 -17
Grassland loss 92 54.6 18.5
Wetland loss 1 100 80.8
Fisheries 129 5.2 -10.3
Fish Stock Status 93 3.5 -20.6
Marine Trophic Index 110 6.9 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 145 33.6 -3.5
CO2 growth rate 136 24.5 -10.2
CH4 growth rate 130 47.8 17
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 124 44.3 19.2
Black Carbon growth rate 85 56.4 -20
CO2 from land cover 152 14 -
GHG intensity trend 116 42.1 -0.3
GHG per capita 25 85.1 1.3
Pollution Emissions 96 56.1 -8.3
SO2 growth rate 98 63.7 -20
NOx growth rate 97 48.5 3.4
Agriculture 131 27.5 -3.3
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 131 27.5 -3.3
Water Resources 134 - -
Wastewater treatment 134 - -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Benin 30
Angola 29.7
Togo 29.5
Mali 29.4
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Bangladesh 29
Vanuatu 28.9
Djibouti 28.1
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
GDP per capita
Burkina Faso 38.3
Uganda 35.6
Ethiopia 34.4
Togo 29.5
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Haiti 27
Chad 26.7
Madagascar 26.5
Sierra Leone 25.7
Afghanistan 25.5
Issue Performance
Malawi 38.3
Zimbabwe 37
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4
Uganda 35.6
Senegal 30.7
Benin 30
Togo 29.5
Mali 29.4
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Chad 26.7
Regulatory Quality
Iran 48
Algeria 44.8
Uzbekistan 44.3
Iraq 39.5
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Haiti 27
Chad 26.7
Afghanistan 25.5
Voice & Accountability
Kuwait 53.6
Jordan 53.4
Morocco 42.3
Uganda 35.6
Maldives 35.6
Niger 30.8
Togo 29.5
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Bangladesh 29
Haiti 27
Political Stability
Azerbaijan 46.5
Thailand 45.4
Tajikistan 38.2
Zimbabwe 37
Uganda 35.6
Nepal 32.7
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Mauritania 27.7
Haiti 27
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eritrea 30.4
Benin 30
Angola 29.7
Togo 29.5
Mali 29.4
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Djibouti 28.1
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
Mauritania 27.7
Small Island Developing States
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Vanuatu 28.9
Haiti 27
Solomon Islands 26.7
Ease of Doing Business Index
Gabon 45.8
Iraq 39.5
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Cameroon 33.6
Angola 29.7
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Bangladesh 29
Afghanistan 25.5
Myanmar 25.1
Liberia 22.6
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
EPI ISO3: 
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