World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Overview

Guinea-Bissau currently ranks 176 out of 187 on the UNDP 2011 Human Development Index (HDI).  Out of a total population of approximately 1.5 million, a 2010 poverty assessment survey estimated that 69 percent of households in Guinea-Bissau live below the poverty line (US$2 per day) with 20 percent living below the extreme poverty line (US$1 per day).