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Guinea
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP35.08[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita2670.82[$]
Population13.13[millions]
Land Area246205.41[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 146 31.60 0.20
Ecosystem Vitality 119 38.70 1.50
Biodiversity 80 60.60 5.90
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 44 99.70 NA
Terrestrial biomes (global) 77 88.20 NA
Marine protected areas 119 NA NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 35 54.00 43.90
Biodiversity Habitat Index 64 48.40 NA
Species Protection Index 69 59.80 2.70
Species Habitat Index 97 83.20 -15.20
Ecosystem Services 160 13.90 -3.20
Tree cover loss 161 NA -22.50
Grassland loss 158 11.40 9.90
Wetland loss 1 100.00 100.00
Fisheries 55 22.00 -3.50
Fish Stock Status 32 43.40 -9.30
Marine Trophic Index 85 11.30 NA
Fish caught by trawling 59 8.20 -0.80
Acidification 144 47.60 3.20
SO2 growth rate 118 58.20 23.40
NOx growth rate 152 37.10 -16.90
Agriculture 107 31.20 -2.70
Pesticide 86 27.30 NA
N Mgmt Index 105 35.00 -5.50
Water Resources 141 NA NA
Wastewater treatment 141 NA NA
Health 163 19.50 0.80
Air Quality 154 21.00 -1.40
PM2.5 98 29.60 -3.90
Household solid fuels 173 6.30 2.30
Ozone 142 32.20 -14.50
NOx 71 33.30 4.10
SO2 62 61.70 1.50
CO 147 24.90 9.80
VOC 164 4.90 -4.70
Sanitation Drinking Water 165 11.30 5.10
Sanitation 164 11.70 5.30
Drinking water 166 11.00 4.90
Heavy Metals 153 32.30 2.30
Lead 153 32.30 2.30
Waste Management 124 18.90 0.90
Solid waste 152 3.00 NA
Recycling 53 23.90 5.80
Ocean Plastics 43 45.90 -2.10
Climate Policy 132 30.00 -1.70
Climate Change 132 30.00 -1.70
CO2 growth rate 122 23.50 NA
CH4 growth rate 158 16.30 9.90
F-gas growth rate NA NA NA
N2O growth rate 162 26.40 21.40
Black Carbon growth rate 116 57.60 -42.40
Proj. GHG Emissions 91 35.00 -3.40
CO2 from land cover 152 NA -45.90
GHG intensity trend 56 59.70 37.10
GHG per capita 44 72.60 -6.10

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Lesotho 32.3
Lebanon 32.2
Ethiopia 31.8
Eritrea 31.7
Mozambique 31.7
Guinea 31.6
Fiji 31.3
Kenya 30.8
Laos 30.7
Oman 30.7
GDP per capita
Kiribati 49
Zimbabwe 46.2
Vanuatu 36.9
Solomon Islands 35
Tanzania 34.2
Lesotho 32.3
Ethiopia 31.8
Guinea 31.6
Mali 28.5
Haiti 26.1
Issue Performance
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Uganda 35.8
Burkina Faso 35.5
Tanzania 34.2
Senegal 33.9
Sierra Leone 32.7
Guinea 31.6
Mali 28.5
Indonesia 28.2
Chad 28.1
Government Effectiveness
Gabon 49.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Timor-Leste 35.1
Solomon Islands 35
Iran 34.5
Lesotho 32.3
Guinea 31.6
Cameroon 30.2
Nepal 28.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Regulatory Quality
Gabon 49.7
Djibouti 47.5
Suriname 45.9
Timor-Leste 35.1
Solomon Islands 35
Sierra Leone 32.7
Guinea 31.6
Laos 30.7
Cameroon 30.2
Mauritania 28.1
Voice and Accountability
Gabon 49.7
Brunei Darussalam 45.7
Ethiopia 31.8
Guinea 31.6
Mauritania 28.1
Iraq 27.8
Turkey 26.3
Haiti 26.1
Pakistan 24.6
Myanmar 19.4
Rule of Law
Zimbabwe 46.2
Equatorial Guinea 44.8
Comoros 42.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Tajikistan 37.1
Timor-Leste 35.1
Guinea 31.6
Burundi 30.5
Chad 28.1
Myanmar 19.4
Control of Corruption
Gabon 49.7
Azerbaijan 38.6
Uzbekistan 38.2
Russia 37.5
Uganda 35.8
Guinea 31.6
Laos 30.7
Angola 30.5
Madagascar 28
Bangladesh 23.1
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Armenia 48.3
Colombia 42.4
Bahrain 42
Tunisia 40.7
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Azerbaijan 38.6
Thailand 38.1
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Nicaragua 37.7
Guinea 31.6
Sub-Saharan Africa
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Sierra Leone 32.7
Lesotho 32.3
Ethiopia 31.8
Eritrea 31.7
Mozambique 31.7
Guinea 31.6
Kenya 30.8
Angola 30.5
Burundi 30.5
Least Developed Countries
Rwanda 32.8
Sierra Leone 32.7
Lesotho 32.3
Ethiopia 31.8
Eritrea 31.7
Mozambique 31.7
Guinea 31.6
Laos 30.7
Angola 30.5
Burundi 30.5
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