Is Guinea-Bissau a good place to live for remote workers?

Guinea-Bissau scores 47/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 59 Mbps, safety 93, healthcare 43, air quality 28; English not scored) — rank 135 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Guinea-Bissau?

Median fixed broadband is around 59 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Guinea-Bissau?

Single-person essentials run about $653/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.6× essentials).

Livability · rank 135/167

Is 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) a good place to live?

Quality score 47/100 against essentials of $653/month.

The five metrics

Internet 24 59 Mbps median broadband, 29.8% online

Safety 93 1.1 homicides/100k (2017)

Healthcare 43 UHC service coverage 43/100 (2023)

Air quality 28 PM2.5 37.5 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: very weak; World Bank WGI estimate -1.23 · corruption control -1.35 · stability -0.62 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $33.28 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $12.03/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($653)	Verdict
$2,000	3.1×	like royalty
$3,000	4.6×	like royalty
$5,000	7.7×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇲🇷 Mauritania — quality 42.8, essentials $599/mo
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🇱🇧 Lebanon — quality 53.1, essentials $748/mo
🇰🇭 Cambodia — quality 50.4, essentials $692/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Guinea-Bissau a good place to live for remote workers?: Guinea-Bissau scores 47/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 59 Mbps, safety 93, healthcare 43, air quality 28; English not scored) — rank 135 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Guinea-Bissau?: Median fixed broadband is around 59 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Guinea-Bissau?: Single-person essentials run about $653/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.6× essentials).