Foreign aidSub-Saharan AfricaFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Guinea-Bissau
The US gave Guinea-Bissau $685,858 in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.30 per person, 138th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $685,858 in foreign assistance for Guinea-Bissau and disbursed $5.3 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 138th of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 97.6% from $28.7 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $5.4 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2024, at $28.7 million. In total, $55.1 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Guinea-Bissau in FY2025 was the Department of State ($691,541, 100.8% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($700,000, 102.1%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $194,317 (28.3%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, -$98,388 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Guinea-Bissau itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Sub-Saharan Africa page).
US aid to Guinea-Bissau by year
Guinea-Bissau: $686K in FY2025, against a peak of $29M in FY2024
Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.
- Other agencies
- Defense Department
- State Department
- USAID
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | USAID | State Department | Defense Department | Other agencies | Total obligated | Disbursed | Per person | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $1.4M | $130,000 | $0 | $75,000 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $0.90 | 141 |
| FY2016 | -$1,828 | $206,000 | $10,000 | $568,559 | $782,731 | $9.9M | $0.43 | 152 |
| FY2017 | $0 | $655,621 | $109,545 | $292,339 | $1.1M | $10.6M | $0.56 | 147 |
| FY2018 | $0 | $794,905 | $195,485 | $258,466 | $1.2M | $3.5M | $0.65 | 142 |
| FY2019 | $0 | $690,000 | $187,060 | $17.4M | $18.3M | $1.3M | $9.29 | 113 |
| FY2020 | $0 | $352,052 | $208,000 | -$1,162 | $558,890 | $5.2M | $0.28 | 166 |
| FY2021 | $200,000 | $550,590 | $182,000 | $0 | $932,590 | $5.1M | $0.45 | 154 |
| FY2022 | $0 | $500,211 | $342,000 | -$63 | $842,148 | $5.7M | $0.40 | 155 |
| FY2023 | $0 | $383,707 | $8,000 | $0 | $391,707 | $3.3M | $0.18 | 162 |
| FY2024 | $0 | $980,000 | $3,800 | $27.7M | $28.7M | $5.4M | $13.04 | 95 |
| FY2025 | $0 | $691,541 | -$5,683 | $0 | $685,858 | $5.3M | $0.30 | 138 |
| FY2026* | $0 | $0 | -$98,388 | $0 | -$98,388 | $82,300 | – | – |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of State | $691,541 | 100.8% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $700,000 | 102.1% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform | $700,000 | 102.1% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | $382,000 | $341,937 | $8,000 | $27.7M | -$5,683 |
| Peace and Security | $556,334 | $370,820 | $100,000 | $1.2M | $700,000 |
| Program Support | $0 | $93,266 | -$1,293 | $0 | -$2,209 |
| Economic Development | $0 | $40,000 | $20,000 | $9,000 | $0 |
| Education and Social Services | $0 | $0 | $0 | $21,000 | $0 |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $0 | $0 | $265,000 | -$250,000 | $0 |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$6,250 |
| Multi-sector | -$5,744 | -$3,875 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Who carried out the work, FY2025
Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.
| Partner type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| NGO | $488,499 | 71.2% |
| Government | $199,568 | 29.1% |
How Guinea-Bissau compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Chile | $889,660 |
| Belarus | $886,790 |
| Guinea-Bissau (this page) | $685,858 |
| Oman | $662,553 |
| Congo | $611,225 |
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ethiopia$852M
- Nigeria$620M
- Kenya$562M
- Sudan$548M
- Mozambique$503M
- Uganda$455M
- Democratic Republic of the Congo$452M
- Zambia$422M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Guinea-Bissau?
- $685,858 was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $5.3 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $55.1 million.
- How much US aid does Guinea-Bissau get per person?
- About $0.30 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 2,249,515.
- How much USAID funding goes to Guinea-Bissau?
- USAID managed $0 of the FY2025 total (0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($691,541).
- What is US aid to Guinea-Bissau spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $700,000 (102.1%).
- Has US aid to Guinea-Bissau gone up or down?
- FY2025: $685,858; FY2024: $28.7 million (down 97.6%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2024 ($28.7 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Guinea-Bissau?
- In FY2025, $194,317 (28.3%) of obligations for Guinea-Bissau was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed -$5,683.
Sources and notes
- ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
- Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
- Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.