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Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal

106 shared metrics.

Guinea-BissauLeads in 44

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SenegalLeads in 62

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Guinea-Bissau

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country is partly named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea.

CIA 2026

Senegal

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Senegal.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Senegal's Cape Verde Peninsula is the westernmost point of mainland Africa.

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Analysis

Senegal leads in 62 of 106 shared metrics, while Guinea-Bissau leads in 44.

Guinea-Bissau's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Senegal (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Guinea-Bissau's Highest Elevation is 97.9x that of Senegal (277 m vs 2.8 m).

Guinea-Bissau's Spirits Consumption is 32.4x that of Senegal (0.46 L/person/yr vs 0.01 L/person/yr).

Guinea-Bissau's Firms Asked for Bribes is 26.7x that of Senegal (27.64% of firms vs 1.00% of firms).

Guinea-Bissau's Alcohol Consumption is 8.8x that of Senegal (3.7 L/adult/yr vs 0.38 L/adult/yr).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Guinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

202 per 100 people

Senegal

2.0 per 100 people

Highest ElevationGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

277 m

Senegal

2.8 m

Spirits ConsumptionGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

0.46 L/person/yr

Senegal

0.01 L/person/yr

Firms Asked for BribesGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

27.64% of firms

Senegal

1.00% of firms

Alcohol ConsumptionGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

3.7 L/adult/yr

Senegal

0.38 L/adult/yr

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Guinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

0.19 per 100k people

Senegal

0.02 per 100k people

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Guinea-Bissau

202 per 100 people

Senegal

2.0 per 100 people

10000% higher

Highest Elevation

Guinea-Bissau

277 m

Senegal

2.8 m

9793% higher

Spirits Consumption

Guinea-Bissau

0.46 L/person/yr

Senegal

0.01 L/person/yr

3235% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Guinea-Bissau

27.64% of firms

Senegal

1.00% of firms

2670% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Guinea-Bissau

3.7 L/adult/yr

Senegal

0.38 L/adult/yr

882% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Guinea-Bissau

0.19 per 100k people

Senegal

0.02 per 100k people

795% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Inflation Rate

Guinea-Bissau

3.8%

Senegal

0.80%

375% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Guinea-Bissau

26.74% of firms

Senegal

7.0% of firms

280% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Guinea-Bissau

87.4%

Senegal

35.4%

147% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Guinea-Bissau

0.99 per 1k

Senegal

0.43 per 1k

127% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Guinea-Bissau

0.25 per 1k

Senegal

0.11 per 1k

127% higher

Beer Consumption

Guinea-Bissau

0.46 L/person/yr

Senegal

0.20 L/person/yr

126% higher

Political Corruption Index

Guinea-Bissau

0.83

Senegal

0.40

105% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Guinea-Bissau

8.1% of GDP

Senegal

4.1% of GDP

100% higher

Electricity Generation

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

0.08 TWh

Senegal

8.1 TWh

99% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

0.34 Mt CO2e

Senegal

14.2 Mt CO2e

98% lower

Electric Generating Capacity

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

29.0K kW

Senegal

1.77M kW

98% lower

Scientific Publications

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

14.77

Senegal

450.9

97% lower

Water Withdrawal

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

0.17 B m³

Senegal

3.1 B m³

94% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

$2,218,393,804.55

Senegal

$32,808,056,600.94

93% lower

Comparison of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal across 106 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	10000% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Highest Elevation	277 m	2.8 m	9793% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Spirits Consumption	0.46 L/person/yr	0.01 L/person/yr	3235% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.64% of firms	1.00% of firms	2670% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Alcohol Consumption	3.7 L/adult/yr	0.38 L/adult/yr	882% higher	Guinea-Bissau
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.19 per 100k people	0.02 per 100k people	795% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Inflation Rate	3.8%	0.80%	375% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.74% of firms	7.0% of firms	280% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Renewable Energy (%)	87.4%	35.4%	147% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Nurses & Midwives	0.99 per 1k	0.43 per 1k	127% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.25 per 1k	0.11 per 1k	127% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Beer Consumption	0.46 L/person/yr	0.20 L/person/yr	126% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Political Corruption Index	0.83	0.40	105% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.1% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	100% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Electricity Generation	0.08 TWh	8.1 TWh	99% lower	Senegal
Total CO2 Emissions	0.34 Mt CO2e	14.2 Mt CO2e	98% lower	Senegal
Electric Generating Capacity	29.0K kW	1.77M kW	98% lower	Senegal
Scientific Publications	14.77	450.9	97% lower	Senegal
Water Withdrawal	0.17 B m³	3.1 B m³	94% lower	Senegal
GDP (Nominal)	$2,218,393,804.55	$32,808,056,600.94	93% lower	Senegal
Seafood Consumption per Person	1.1 kg/person/yr	12.12 kg/person/yr	91% lower	Senegal
Water Stress (%)	1.1%	11.87%	91% lower	Senegal
Population	2.13M	18.85M	89% lower	Senegal
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	7.0 sites	86% lower	Senegal
Land Area	28.1K km²	192.5K km²	85% lower	Senegal
Child Mortality	69.3 per 1k births	38.5 per 1k births	80% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.48	80% lower	Senegal
CO2 Per Capita	0.16 t/person/yr	0.76 t/person/yr	80% lower	Senegal
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.2% of GDP	6.1% of GDP	80% lower	Senegal
Armed Forces Personnel	4.0K	19.0K	79% lower	Senegal
Irrigated Land	250 km²	1.2K km²	79% lower	Senegal
Women in Parliament (%)	9.8%	41.21%	76% lower	Senegal
Forest Area	19.5K km²	79.5K km²	75% lower	Senegal
Official Languages Count	1.0	4.0	75% lower	Senegal
Land Border Length	762 km	2.7K km	72% lower	Senegal
Forest Coverage (%)	69.51%	41.28%	68% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Airports	7.0	20	65% lower	Senegal
Electoral Democracy Index	0.25	0.63	60% lower	Senegal
Border Neighbors	2.0	5.0	60% lower	Senegal
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	8.6% of GDP	19.54% of GDP	56% lower	Senegal
Corruption Perceptions Index	21 pts	46 pts	54% lower	Senegal
Sanitation Access (%)	28.94%	62.52%	54% lower	Senegal
Exports (% GDP)	11.85% of GDP	24.69% of GDP	52% lower	Senegal
Firms with Female Top Manager	7.5% of firms	15.78% of firms	52% lower	Senegal
Road Traffic Death Rate	30.5 per 100k	20.8 per 100k	47% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Internet Users (%)	33%	61%	46% lower	Senegal
Electricity Access (%)	40.5%	74.2%	45% lower	Senegal
Merchant Fleet Size	20	36	44% lower	Senegal
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	44% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Infant Mortality	43.1 per 1k births	30.2 per 1k births	43% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Women's Political Empowerment	0.50	0.85	41% lower	Senegal
GNI Per Capita	$990	$1,680	41% lower	Senegal
Agricultural Land (%)	29.89%	49.4%	39% lower	Senegal
Imports (% GDP)	26.96% of GDP	43.45% of GDP	38% lower	Senegal
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$3,119.37	$5,070.65	38% lower	Senegal
Teen Birth Rate	81.98 per 1k	60.24 per 1k	36% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Coastline Length	350 km	531 km	34% lower	Senegal
Tobacco Use Prevalence	8.3% of adults	12.5% of adults	34% lower	Senegal
Freedom of Expression Index	0.55	0.82	33% lower	Senegal
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	6.1%	32% lower	Senegal
Firms Hit by Power Outages	72.18% of firms	55.04% of firms	31% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Adult Literacy Rate	63.93%	50.36%	27% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Smoking Rate	8.2%	6.5%	26% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Meat Consumption per Person	17.29 kg/person/yr	14.13 kg/person/yr	22% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.8% of youth labor force	3.6% of youth labor force	21% lower	Senegal
Birth Rate	35.82 per 1k	29.54 per 1k	21% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	50.21 µg/m³	63.74 µg/m³	21% lower	Senegal
Government Debt (% GDP)	57.9% of GDP	47.8% of GDP	21% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Military Spending	1.2% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	21% lower	Senegal
Milk Consumption per Person	19.88 kg/person/yr	16.86 kg/person/yr	18% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Population Density	76.58 /km²	93.89 /km²	18% lower	Senegal
Urban Population (%)	46.11%	55.24%	17% lower	Senegal
Obesity Rate	10.08%	8.7%	16% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Fertility Rate	4.6 children/woman	4.0 children/woman	16% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Electricity Carbon Intensity	625 gCO2/kWh	539.97 gCO2/kWh	16% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Suicide Rate	7.7 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	13% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Food Waste per Person	133.09 kg/person/yr	117.54 kg/person/yr	13% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Safe Drinking Water (%)	23.98%	27.19%	12% lower	Senegal
Unemployment Rate	2.6%	3.0%	12% lower	Senegal
Elderly Population (%)	3.2%	3.6%	12% lower	Senegal
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.99 hrs/week	48.31 hrs/week	11% lower	Senegal
Women in Senior Management	25.58% of managers	23.02% of managers	11% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	22 days/yr	20 days/yr	10% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Inequality (Gini)	33.4	36.2	8% lower	Senegal
Hypertension Prevalence	38.8% of adults	41.5% of adults	7% lower	Senegal
Life Expectancy	64.1 years	68.7 years	7% lower	Senegal
Vehicles per 1,000 People	33.98 per 1k people	32.07 per 1k people	6% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Informal Employment Share	94.77% of employed people	89.22% of employed people	6% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Health Spending Per Capita	$66.05	$63.73	4% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.73% of adults	17.05% of adults	4% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Human Development Index	0.51	0.53	3% lower	Senegal
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	128.11 per 100 people	123.91 per 100 people	3% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Youth Population (%)	38.79%	38.18%	2% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Dependency Ratio	72.35% of working-age pop.	71.82% of working-age pop.	1% higher	Guinea-Bissau
Median Age	18.9 years	19.1 years	1% lower	Senegal
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Guinea-Bissau
Coal Electricity Share	0%	1.3%	ranked lower	Senegal
Wind Electricity Share	0%	5.4%	ranked lower	Senegal
Solar Electricity Share	0%	8.9%	ranked lower	Senegal
Protected Land (%)	26.2%	26.3%	equal	Senegal
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	7.1 per 100k	7.1 per 100k	equal	Senegal
Capital Elevation	0 m	10 m	ranked lower	Senegal
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Guinea-Bissau
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Guinea-Bissau
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.2% of GDP	-5.6% of GDP	ranked lower	Senegal
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.05 per 1M people	ranked lower	Senegal

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Analysis

Senegal leads in 62 of 106 shared metrics, while Guinea-Bissau leads in 44.

Guinea-Bissau's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Senegal (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Guinea-Bissau's Highest Elevation is 97.9x that of Senegal (277 m vs 2.8 m).

Guinea-Bissau's Spirits Consumption is 32.4x that of Senegal (0.46 L/person/yr vs 0.01 L/person/yr).

Guinea-Bissau's Firms Asked for Bribes is 26.7x that of Senegal (27.64% of firms vs 1.00% of firms).

Guinea-Bissau's Alcohol Consumption is 8.8x that of Senegal (3.7 L/adult/yr vs 0.38 L/adult/yr).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Guinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

202 per 100 people

Senegal

2.0 per 100 people

Highest ElevationGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

277 m

Senegal

2.8 m

Spirits ConsumptionGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

0.46 L/person/yr

Senegal

0.01 L/person/yr

Firms Asked for BribesGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

27.64% of firms

Senegal

1.00% of firms

Alcohol ConsumptionGuinea-Bissau leads

Guinea-Bissau

3.7 L/adult/yr

Senegal

0.38 L/adult/yr

Guinea-Bissau

0.19 per 100k people

Senegal

0.02 per 100k people

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

2.0 per 100 people

Highest Elevation

277 m

2.8 m

Spirits Consumption

0.46 L/person/yr

0.01 L/person/yr

Firms Asked for Bribes

27.64% of firms

1.00% of firms

Alcohol Consumption

3.7 L/adult/yr

0.38 L/adult/yr

0.19 per 100k people

0.02 per 100k people

Inflation Rate

3.8%

0.80%

Firms Making Informal Payments

26.74% of firms

7.0% of firms

Renewable Energy (%)

87.4%

35.4%

Nurses & Midwives

0.99 per 1k

0.43 per 1k

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.25 per 1k

0.11 per 1k

Beer Consumption

0.46 L/person/yr

0.20 L/person/yr

Political Corruption Index

0.83

0.40

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.1% of GDP

4.1% of GDP

Electricity Generation

0.08 TWh

8.1 TWh

Total CO2 Emissions

0.34 Mt CO2e

14.2 Mt CO2e

Electric Generating Capacity

29.0K kW

1.77M kW

Scientific Publications

14.77

450.9

Water Withdrawal

0.17 B m³

3.1 B m³

GDP (Nominal)

$2,218,393,804.55

$32,808,056,600.94

Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Highest Elevation

Spirits Consumption

Firms Asked for Bribes

Alcohol Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Inflation Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Renewable Energy (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Doctors (per 1,000)

Beer Consumption

Political Corruption Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Electricity Generation

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Water Stress (%)

Population

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Land Area

Child Mortality

Liberal Democracy Index

CO2 Per Capita

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Armed Forces Personnel

Irrigated Land

Women in Parliament (%)

Forest Area

Official Languages Count

Land Border Length

Forest Coverage (%)

Airports

Electoral Democracy Index

Border Neighbors

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Sanitation Access (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Road Traffic Death Rate

Internet Users (%)

Electricity Access (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Death Rate

Infant Mortality

Women's Political Empowerment

GNI Per Capita

Agricultural Land (%)

Imports (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Teen Birth Rate

Coastline Length

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Freedom of Expression Index

GDP Growth Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Adult Literacy Rate

Smoking Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Youth Unemployment Rate

Birth Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Military Spending

Milk Consumption per Person

Population Density

Urban Population (%)