What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?

13,855 current LCU per person, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?

56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: GDP (current LCU), per capita

Burkina Faso

667,803 current LCU per person

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau

653,948 current LCU per person

in 2025

Burkina Faso rank

60th

Guinea-Bissau rank

61st

GDP (current LCU), per capita over time

Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 667,803 current LCU per person against 653,948 current LCU per person in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 13,855 current LCU per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 60th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 61st of 212 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1970s	34,508 current LCU per person	244.37 current LCU per person	34,263 current LCU per person	Burkina Faso
1980s	80,793 current LCU per person	3,336 current LCU per person	77,456 current LCU per person	Burkina Faso
1990s	117,094 current LCU per person	167,376 current LCU per person	50,282 current LCU per person	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	226,418 current LCU per person	247,348 current LCU per person	20,930 current LCU per person	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	383,484 current LCU per person	376,886 current LCU per person	6,598 current LCU per person	Burkina Faso
2020s	546,807 current LCU per person	565,914 current LCU per person	19,107 current LCU per person	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp (current lcu), per capita, Burkina Faso or Guinea-Bissau?: Burkina Faso, at 667,803 current LCU per person against 653,948 current LCU per person in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?: 13,855 current LCU per person, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for gdp (current lcu), per capita?: Burkina Faso ranks 60th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 61st of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: GDP (current LCU), per capita
Unit: current LCU per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

GDP (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.