Guinea-Bissau vs Timor-Leste

Guinea-Bissau and Timor-Leste compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Guinea-Bissau has about 1.6 times as many people as Timor-Leste: 2.2 million against 1.4 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Timor-Leste ($1,341) is 19% higher than in Guinea-Bissau ($1,124) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Timor-Leste (7%) than in Guinea-Bissau (5.8%), a difference of 1.2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Guinea-Bissau (0.9%) than in Timor-Leste (0.4%), a difference of 0.5 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Guinea-Bissau (2.7%) than in Timor-Leste (1.6%), a difference of 1.1 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Timor-Leste can expect to live 3.6 years longer than one born in Guinea-Bissau: 67.9 years against 64.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Timor-Leste is older: half of its people are over 21 years, against 18.9 years in Guinea-Bissau in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Timor-Leste (35% in 2021) than in Guinea-Bissau (29.8% in 2024), a difference of 5.2 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Timor-Leste (0.5 tonnes) are about 3.1 times as high as in Guinea-Bissau (0.16 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Guinea-Bissau (74.8%) than in Timor-Leste (71%), a difference of 3.8 percentage points in 2024.