Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: Augmented Human Development Index

Burkina Faso

0.2311

in 2020

Guinea-Bissau

0.2291

in 2020

Burkina Faso rank

139th

Guinea-Bissau rank

140th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 0.2311 against 0.2291 in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 139th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 140th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Burkina Faso
Augmented Human Development Index in Guinea-Bissau
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.