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Guinea · Finances and debt

West Africa ECOWAS Guinean franc (GNF)

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · updated on

Public finances and external accounts

A fiscal deficit of 6.4 % of GDP

Guinea: in 2025, the general government spent 6.4 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 36.3 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 14.7 % (IMF).

Fiscal balance · 2025
−6.4 %
of GDP · −4.5 pt since 2020
Public debt · 2025
36.3 %
of GDP · +7.3 pt since 2020
Current account · 2025
−14.7 %
of GDP · −1.6 pt since 2020

Fiscal balance, % of GDP

Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections

−8 % −6 % −4 % −2 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 West Africa −2.8 Guinea −3.0 −8 % −6 % −4 % −2 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030
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Guinea: in 2025, the general government spent 6.4 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 36.3 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 14.7 % (IMF).
Year GuineaWest Africa
2015 −4.3 % −2.9 %
2016 −0.1 % −3.6 %
2017 −1.2 % −3.7 %
2018 −0.6 % −3.4 %
2019 −0.1 % −3.6 %
2020 −1.9 % −5.4 %
2021 −1.1 % −5.1 %
2022 −1.2 % −5.4 %
2023 −2.4 % −4.0 %
2024 −3.2 % −3.6 %
2025 · estimate −6.4 % −2.5 %
2026 · projection −3.7 % −3.2 %
2027 · projection −3.5 % −3.0 %
2028 · projection −3.2 % −2.8 %
2029 · projection −3.0 % −2.8 %
2030 · projection −3.0 % −2.8 %
  • Guinea
  • West Africa

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)

Current account, % of GDP

Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world

−20 % −10 % 0 % 10 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 Guinea −2.0 −20 % −10 % 0 % 10 % 2015 2020 2025 2030
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Current account balance of Guinea, % of GDP
Year Guinea
2015 −8.2 %
2016 −19.7 %
2017 −4.3 %
2018 −16.2 %
2019 −13.8 %
2020 −13.1 %
2021 +2.7 %
2022 −3.7 %
2023 −6.1 %
2024 −9.3 %
2025 · estimate −14.7 %
2026 · projection −10.7 %
2027 · projection −3.5 %
2028 · projection −2.8 %
2029 · projection −2.7 %
2030 · projection −2.0 %

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Currency

Guinean franc

The Guinean franc has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.

Currency
GNF
Guinean franc
Exchange regime
—
no fixed peg
Inflation · 2025
3.1 %
average annual change in consumer prices

Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Debt

A debt owed first to multilateral lenders

At the end of 2025, Guinea owed 5.2 bn$ in public external debt (World Bank). 20.7 % of it was owed to China, 50.6 % to multilateral institutions and 0.0 % to bond holders.

Debt of the 54 countries →
Public debt · 2025
36.3 %
of GDP · IMF
External debt · 2025
6.5 bn$
public and private · World Bank
Public external debt · 2025
5.2 bn$
owed or guaranteed by the State
Debt service · 2024
2.8 %
of exports of goods, services and income

Risk of debt distress

IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis

Latest analysis published on 2024-05-17: moderate.

Source: IMF, list of debt sustainability analyses of low-income countries, as of 2026-03-31 · imf.org

Public external debt by creditor

Share of the total at the end of each year

2015
2020
2025
Multilateral (IMF, World Bank, AfDB…)
50.6 %
China
20.7 %
Other countries
14.1 %
Bonds (Eurobonds)
0.0 %
Banks and other private lenders
14.6 %

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics (updated 2026-11-05) · public and publicly guaranteed external debt, end of year · CC BY 4.0 · shares: Syli Atlas calculation