Guinea-Bissau

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Capital
Bissau
Region
Western Africa
Population, 2025
2.2 million
Currency
XOF
Area
36,125 km²

Across Guinea-Bissau's 1 priced cities, one person needs about $1,117 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,042.

Medium confidence1 cities in the index
1 cities, coloured by livability; the city table below lists them all.

Livability

The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.

76out of 100
LivabilityMedium confidence
  • Purchasing power25%59
  • Safety20%96
  • Health care15%No data
  • Climate10%No data
  • Air quality10%93
  • Connectivity10%No data
  • Cost10%66
How each domain is scored
Purchasing power, 25%
What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
Safety, 20%
Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
Health care, 15%
Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
Climate, 10%
Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
Air quality, 10%
30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
Connectivity, 10%
Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
Cost, 10%
Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.

What it costs

Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.

Cost of living index
39.1
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
9.2
New York = 100
Purchasing power
106.6
New York = 100
One person
$1,117
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,042
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$530
A month

Economy

World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.

GDP per person
$1,124
2025
Growth
+5.8%
2025
Unemployment
2.7%
2025
Inflation
0.9%
2025
Life expectancy
64.3 years
2024
Internet users
30%
2024

Taxes

Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.

Corporate tax
35%
SourceWikipedia

Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.

Safety and internet

Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.

Safety

Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
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Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
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HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2017
1.1

Internet

Fixed downloadMbps, median
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Mobile downloadMbps, median
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Change in a yearFixed download speed
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Cities in Guinea-Bissau

Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.

Cities in Guinea-Bissau
1Bissau7039.1$530$1,042106.6439.7KLow confidence, 0 contributors

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