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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Guinea economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Guinea best banks and safest banks are also available.
The financial system in Africa varies from the highly developed banking institutions of South Africa and Nigeria to the barely organized banking sector of South Sudan, the world’s newest country.
USD 1.2 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6.5% | 4.1% | -1.5% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 3.9% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
3.7% | 3.8% | 10.5% | 9.9% | 5.8% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
8.2% | 8.2% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 8.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
41.9% | 42.5% | 40.6% | 38.2% | 45.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-6.9% | -0.1% | -2.1% | -1.1% | -2.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-18.4 % (2018 estimate)
37.1% (2018)
0.02% (2018)
0.002% (2018)
Bauxite, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
Petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
China 35.8%, Ghana 20.1%, UAE 11.6%, India 4.3% (2017)
Netherlands 17.2%, China 13.2%, India 11.8%, Belgium 10%, France 6.9%, UAE 4.5% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,618 million | USD 577 million | USD 483 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD -4.4 million | USD 0.9 million | USD 0.0 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
156 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 122 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 116 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 150 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 122 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 152 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 162 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 183 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 167 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 118 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 118 out of 190 countries
122 out of 141 countries
Ranking: 120 / Score: 55.7 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
French (official), Pular, Maninka, Susu, other native languages
Muslim 89.1%, Christian 6.8%, animist 1.6%, other .1%, none 2.4% (2014 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
6.02 million | 8.75 million | 10.88 million | 12.35 million | 13.97 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
10.5% | 23.6% | 30.9% | 36.1% |
Total population: 30.4%
Male: 38.1%
Female: 22.8%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
70.3% (last available estimate, 2012)
33.7 (last available estimate, 2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 4 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0% Mobile: 96.1% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)