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Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country located in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Ivory Coast to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Alert
Sanctions targeting the country: United Kingdom (1 regime, 5 listings), European Union (1 regime, 5 listings). UN, OFAC, FCDO, EU · 2026.10.07
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 28/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.8 /10 risk
- Security 3.0
- Legitimacy 3.0
- Economy 7.3
- Diplomacy 3.5
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 5 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 4 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 1 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Conakry
- Population
- 14,363,931 inh.
- Area
- 245,857 km²
- Currency
- GNF
- Regime
- republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Mamadi Doumbouya
Head of Government
Bah Oury
Government in office 8 members
Ministre des affaires étrangères, de l'Intégration africaine et des guinéens établie à l'étranger
Morissanda Kouyaté
ministre de la pêche et de l’économie numérique
Fatima Camara
ministre de la Justice et des Droits de l'homme
Yaya Kairaba Kaba
Ministre de l'Education nationale, de l'Alphabétisation, de l'Enseignement technique et de la formation professionnelle
Bintou Keita
Ministre de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique
Khaité Sall
ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche scientifique et de l'Innovation
Diaka Sibibé
ministre secrétaire général du gouvernement
Abdourahmane Sikhé Camara
secrétaire général des affaires religieux
Karamoko Diawara
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
114 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
28 G$
GDP / capita
1,877 $
Growth
7.4 %
Inflation
3.5 %
Unemployment
5.2 %
Defense / GDP
2.1 %
Life expectancy
60.9 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.19/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
28/100
Corruption (CPI)
26/100
Press freedom (RSF)
48/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#94
Annual budget
0.6 Md$
Defense effort
2.0 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
13 Md$
Imports
7 Md$
Balance
6 Md$
Top exports
- 59% Bauxite (1er producteur Afrique)
- 29% Or
Top imports
- 18% Pétrole raffiné
Export partners
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Chine
58%
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Émirats arabes unis
15%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
29%
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GBR
31%
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FRA
36%
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DEU
36%
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RUS
56%
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CHN
71%
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IRN
58%
Abstention: 24%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
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2026-05-31
Generation for Modernity and Development 93 seats (of 147) · turnout 53.9%
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
- 2025-12-28
- 2025-09-21
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.5/1
Gini
29.6
Refugees hosted
2,154
Refugees originating
47,692
National anthem
Liberté
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
- African Union
- ECOWAS
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,270 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 2,641, or ×1.2.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2018 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)