Environment
Guinea-Bissau
Climate
tropical; typically warm and moist; monsoon-like rainy period from June to November characterized by southwesterly winds; dry period from December to May influenced by northeasterly harmattan winds
Land use
other
0% (2023 est.)
forest
75% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
29.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 14.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 8.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 6.9% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
45.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
3.22% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Waste and recycling
municipal solid waste generated annually
289,500 tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled
10.1% (2022 est.)
Environmental issues
deforestation (excessive logging for timber and agricultural uses); soil degradation; overgrazing; overfishing
Total water withdrawal
municipal
34.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial
11.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural
144 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
total emissions
366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke
1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids
366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
42.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
31.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International environmental agreements
party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements