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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Guinea-Bissau: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Guinea-Bissau is placed joint 155th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 16.66 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 7.5 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
joint155th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Guinea-Bissau on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
16.66
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 148th of 177 by UNCTAD
Guinea-Bissau: 16.66. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Western Africa
- 139.37 Ghana
- Land neighbours
- Guinea 32.74 · Senegal 76.73
7.5
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Guinea-Bissau: 7.5. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Western Africa
- 3.2 Liberia
- Land neighbours
- Guinea 6.6 · Senegal 8.1
2.6
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 88th of 139 by World Bank Group
Guinea-Bissau: 2.6. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Western Africa
- 2.9 Benin
- Land neighbours
- Guinea 2.5
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Guinea-Bissau, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.26 Côte d’Ivoire
- Land neighbours
- Senegal 0.24
02Over time
Which way Guinea-Bissau is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
Guinea-BissauWorld median
Guinea-Bissau fell from 14.9 in 2006 to 13.78 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Guinea-Bissau World median 2026 13.78 56.21 2025 16.66 60.84 2024 16.24 55.22 2023 16.32 54.78 2022 16.50 51.49 2021 13.39 52.64 2020 9.76 47.86 2019 10.01 51.05 2018 10.88 52.03 2017 10.19 49.87 2016 11.40 48.09 2015 12.20 49.13 2014 10.55 48.08 2013 10.21 51.32 2012 14.84 47.44 2011 14.61 50.26 2010 13.55 50.51 2009 18.26 53.04 2008 13.61 51.68 2007 16.62 55.78 2006 14.90 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
Guinea-BissauWorld median
Guinea-Bissau rose from 2.278 in 2007 to 2.6 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Guinea-Bissau World median 2023 2.600 2.900 2018 2.387 2.706 2016 2.371 2.734 2014 2.426 2.753 2012 2.596 2.773 2010 2.101 2.746 2007 2.278 2.529
03In context
Guinea-Bissau beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Guinea-Bissau and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Senegal | =132nd | 76.73 | 8.1 | — | 0.24 |
 Guinea | 146th | 32.74 | 6.6 | 2.5 | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | =155th | 16.66 | 7.5 | 2.6 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Guinea-Bissau in the topic’s list.
Belize152nd
Tunisia153rd
Vanuatu154th- Guinea-Bissau=155th
Yemen=155th
Gambia157th
Paraguay158th
04Context, no vote
Where Guinea-Bissau is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Guinea-Bissau does worse than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4566.4594.456No earlier reading
Guinea-Bissau: 6.459 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 61st of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.20.1441.2No real change since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 0.144 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 129th of 176 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.3130.206No real change since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 0.313 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 32nd of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end15
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1797.9567.17Moved since 2014
Guinea-Bissau: 97.95 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.7040.306Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 0.704 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6611.73.66Moved since 2012
Guinea-Bissau: 11.7 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23116.72103.23Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 116.72 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.850.742.8Moved since 2012
Guinea-Bissau: 50.7 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.65-0.133Moved since 2013
Guinea-Bissau: -0.65 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451103,999444,451No real change since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 103,999 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7227.0141.72Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 27.01 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 108th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,836301,836Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 30 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2692412,269Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 24 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6840.8879.68Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 40.88 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 118th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32315,064223,323Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 15,064 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.6846.089Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 0.684 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6022.3749.602Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 2.374 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3413.8736.34Moved since 2015
Guinea-Bissau: 13.87 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 127th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Guinea-Bissau
Container Port Traffic (last 2019), Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports (last 2015), Creative Services Exports (last 2022), Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2023), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports (last 2023), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2006). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Guinea-Bissau’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Guinea-Bissau’s 7th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability12th of 1863/4 keys
- Peace & Security104th of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labour107th of 1824/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties133rd of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 136th of 1933/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality116th of 1593/3 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 155th of 1773/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture163rd of 1844/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing179th of 2003/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions177th of 1944/4 keys
- Gender & Equality170th of 1833/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 168th of 1762/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 191st of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technology193rd of 1983/4 keys
- Energy162nd of 1652/3 keys
No standing on Education & Knowledge: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Guinea-Bissau can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
South Africa39th4/4 keysHighest in Western Africa
Côte d’Ivoire98th3/4 keysThis page
Guinea-Bissau=155th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Guinea-Bissau and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Guinea-Bissau on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank on mobility & trade?
Guinea-Bissau is placed joint 155th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Guinea-Bissau?
16.66 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Guinea-Bissau?
7.5 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Guinea-Bissau compare with Senegal on mobility & trade?
Senegal is placed joint 132nd of 177, and Guinea-Bissau joint 155th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Senegal 76.73, Guinea-Bissau 16.66; Container Import Dwell Time: Senegal 8.1, Guinea-Bissau 7.5.
How have Guinea-Bissau’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 14.9 in 2006 to 13.78 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.278 in 2007 to 2.6 in 2023.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Guinea-Bissau?
No current reading is published for Guinea-Bissau on Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Merchant Fleet by Country of Ownership and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Guinea-Bissau’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Guinea-Bissau (banner) — (WT-en) Pis bus at English Wikivoyage, Public domain
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Guinea-Bissau: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/guinea-bissau/mobility