# Guinea-Bissau and Senegal compared Guinea-Bissau and Senegal side by side: 41 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, their chronicles record no events of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/gnb-vs-sen Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Guinea-Bissau: September 1973 — The PAIGC declares the Republic of Guinea-Bissau - Senegal: 20 August 1960 — Senegal withdraws from the Federation of Mali and declares independence ## Economy | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $2.2 B | 2024 | $33 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $1,008 | 2024 | $1,773 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 4.1% | 2024 | 6.1% | 2024 | | Inflation | 3.8% | 2024 | 0.8% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 38.8% | 2024 | 68.1% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 2.2 m | 2024 | 19 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 64.3 yrs | 2024 | 68.9 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 46.1% | 2024 | 55.2% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 3.8 | 2024 | 3.8 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 43.2 | 2024 | 57.1 | 2024 | | Political stability | 55.3 | 2024 | 62.0 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 24.7 | 2024 | 55.9 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 36.1 | 2024 | 51.1 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 35.7 | 2024 | 53.4 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 20.6 | 2024 | 50.1 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 8.8% | 2023 | 4.3% | 2023 | | Physicians | 0.25 | 2022 | 0.11 | 2023 | | Under-5 mortality | 67.3 | 2024 | 36.5 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 65.0% | 2024 | 87.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 24.0% | 2024 | 27.2% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 63.9% | 2022 | 50.4% | 2023 | | Education spending | 2.0% | 2013 | 6.2% | 2023 | | Primary enrolment | 113.4% | 2010 | 85.3% | 2024 | | Secondary enrolment | 34.4% | 2006 | 44.1% | 2023 | | Tertiary enrolment | 2.6% | 2006 | 15.3% | 2024 | ## Technology | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 29.8% | 2024 | 60.1% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 147 | 2024 | 124 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 5.8% | 2015 | 3.0% | 2024 | | R&D spending | — | — | 0.6% | 2015 | | Researchers (per million) | — | — | 572 | 2015 | ## Geography | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 28,120 km² | 2023 | 192,530 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 69.5% | 2023 | 41.3% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 29.9% | 2023 | 49.4% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.2 | 2024 | 0.8 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 87.4% | 2022 | 35.4% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 10.4% | 2021 | 4.4% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 2.9% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 10.4% | 2021 | 1.5% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 40.5% | 2023 | 74.2% | 2023 | | Phosphate rock | — | — | 2.8 Mt | 2025 | ## Military | Metric | Guinea-Bissau | Observed | Senegal | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 1.2% | 2023 | 1.6% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $25 M | 2023 | $515 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 4,000 | 2020 | 19,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/GNB.md and https://terralore.co/country/SEN.md. ## Entangled histories (0 events) Neither nation's sourced chronicle names the other — across both archives, no recorded event crosses between them. That is a fact about the two records as they stand, not a gap filled here. ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex - Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain (U.S. Government work) · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/GNB/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/SEN/chronicle.md. 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