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African Tax Observatory · Country brief · Guinea-BissauData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/GNB

Centre 12°02′N 14°59′W

Gazetteer · Western Africa · Low income

Guinea-Bissau

Collected 19.6% of GDP in tax in 2022, 8 of 39 reporting members.

19.6%

Tax, % of GDP, 2022

+7.8

Points since 2021

n/a

Tax buoyancy

needs four years

$520

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Guinea-Bissau against the continent

0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%10111213141516171819202122232425
Guinea-BissauWestern Africa medianATAF median and middle half
The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Western Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.
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YearGuinea-BissauWestern Africa medianATAF medianATAF 25th percentileATAF 75th percentileMembers reporting
201014.5614.3410.6716.4326
201115.7114.8410.9916.6233
201216.2115.0711.4516.7533
201313.9313.8311.2316.8932
201414.2314.2611.8717.1332
201514.3415.0812.3318.5533
201614.2814.3812.4017.4333
201714.7514.7511.5016.9535
201813.3214.1810.8616.1036
201912.5013.5711.5117.2338
202012.2213.2710.8516.0738
202111.8912.4612.7210.4416.0640
202219.6513.4514.1811.3418.1639
202313.3014.4311.3018.8237
202413.5114.3012.1718.0538
202513.3813.7412.1820.5334

Plate II·Peers, 2022

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2022

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

0%5%10%15%20%Tax-to-GDPDomestic taxesCustoms taxesNon-tax revenue
The line joins Guinea-Bissau (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Western Africa median. All three are for 2022.
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MeasureGuinea-BissauWestern Africa medianATAF median
Tax-to-GDP19.6513.4514.18
Domestic taxes7.717.718.45
Customs taxes11.945.174.88
Non-tax revenue21.092.792.77

Plate III·Tax heads

How Guinea-Bissau's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

0%5%10%15%20%2122
Domestic VATPresumptive taxVAT on importsImport dutyNot attributed to a headWithholding tax
Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.
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YearTax headRevenue (PPP $)% of GDP
2021Domestic VAT496665701.01
2021Presumptive tax2150150.00
2021VAT on imports832020431.69
2021Import duty664351581.35
2021Not attributed to a head3842453807.82
2022Withholding tax1125451762.02
2022Presumptive tax2596446374.66
2022VAT on imports924311031.66
2022Import duty57251831810.28
2022Not attributed to a head573707451.03

The mix in 2022

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

Import duty52.3%Presumptive tax23.7%Withholding tax10.3%VAT on imports8.4%Not attributed to a head5.2%
Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2022 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $1.1bn.
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Tax headRevenue (PPP $)Share of tax revenue
Withholding tax1125451760.10
Presumptive tax2596446370.24
VAT on imports924311030.08
Import duty5725183180.52
Not attributed to a head573707450.05

Every published number

Guinea-Bissau in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Guinea-Bissau: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Nominal GDP (PPP)$4.6bn$4.5bn$4.6bn$4.9bn$5.6bn$6.0bn
Real GDP1,081,792.2m
Final Consumption (PPP)
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)$583.8m$1.1bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers109.1m
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)$1.2bn
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$434.1m$429.6m
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$149.6m$664.9m
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)$565.7k
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)$49.7m
VAT Refunded (PPP)
PIT Revenues (PPP)
CIT Revenues (PPP)
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)$112.5m
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)$215.0k$259.6m
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)$83.2m$92.4m
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)$66.4m$572.5m
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

Data-quality checks

What the automatic checks found

These are rule-based checks, run on every pull. A flag says the numbers deserve a second look, not that they are wrong; the methods page explains each rule.

YearCheckDetail
2022Disagrees with the World BankATAF gives 19.6% of GDP; the World Bank's central-government series gives 8.7%.

Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Guinea-Bissau. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/GNB Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

Cite this sheet

Guinea-Bissau, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Guinea-Bissau. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/GNB

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