Poverty & Inequality in Guinea-Bissau 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Guinea-Bissau. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 91.4% 2021 down 3.7% 11th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 62.1% 2021 down 27.2% 14th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 39.9% 2021 down 47.3% 12th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 11.5% 2021 down 70.3% 13th Prosperity gap 9.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 56.5% 13th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 51.7% 2021 down 27.1% 13th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 40.4% 2021 down 46.6% 13th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 23.1% 2021 down 54.6% 13th Population living in slums 59.0% 2022 down 21.6% 19th Income share held by second 20% 11.9% 2021 up 43.4% 66th Gini index 33.4 2021 down 34.0% 71st Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2021 up 75.6% 36th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.4% 2021 up 100.0% 29th Income share held by highest 10% 26.1% 2021 down 37.9% 68th Income share held by highest 20% 41.6% 2021 down 26.6% 61st Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2021 up 22.4% 45th Income share held by third 20% 16.2% 2021 up 32.8% 62nd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 9.1% 2021 down 46.5% 88th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 39.9% 2021 down 47.3% 12th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 50.5% 2021 up 3.7% 3rd