Human Development & Quality of Life in Guinea
HDI 0.500 · UNDP rank 179 · latest published data
With HDI 0.500 for 2023, Guinea sits at rank 179 in UNDP's latest table and falls in the low human development group. What makes the country profile more informative than the rank alone is that the GDI of 0.828 (group 5) shows a pronounced female-male development gap within the UNDP framework. Separately, the income component uses GNI per capita of $3,494 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Guinea's HDI
The 2023 HDI profile for Guinea rests on life expectancy of 60.7, schooling measures of 10.4 expected years and 2.5 mean years, plus GNI per capita of $3,494 in 2021 PPP dollars. The page keeps those components visible so the composite index is not read in isolation.
Inequality changes the headline
IHDI reframes Guinea's HDI by accounting for unequal outcomes within the population. That is a different question from how satisfied people say they are with life.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Beyond HDI, Guinea's UNDP profile also reports GDI 0.828, GII 0.609, PHDI 0.488. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Guinea. For the profile as a whole, treat the value as the published measure before using the result as a shorthand for lived experience.
What Guinea's numbers say together
Guinea's additional indicators read as IHDI 0.302 with a 39.6% loss; PHDI 0.488 after a 2.4% adjustment; GDI 0.828. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
For 2023, Guinea records HDI 0.500 and rank 179 in the UNDP table. The result should be read as a composite of health, schooling and income outcomes.
The IHDI is 0.302, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 39.6% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.828 in group 5; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.488, with a 2.4% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Guinea's HDI?
Guinea's 2023 Human Development Index is 0.500, corresponding to UNDP rank 179 in the 2025 report.
How does inequality affect Guinea's HDI?
The UNDP inequality adjustment gives Guinea an IHDI of 0.302, with an overall loss of 39.6% from the unadjusted HDI. When looking across the UNDP tables, keep unlike indices separate so the source year is not silently treated as the publication year.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Guinea's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI has three core dimensions: health, knowledge and standard of living. The page treats life satisfaction as a separate experience-based measure, not part of the UNDP index.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.