Country snapshot · West Africa

Guinea-Bissau

Export rules: None foundData as of 10 October 2026
2.6MW
Solar added in 2026 (Ember estimate, all segments)1N3,N4
– (not shown: the 2025 base is under 10 MW)
Change on 20251N1
2025: 0.9 MW (Ember estimate)
43.7%
Access to electricity, 20242N5
1.24million
People without electricity, 2024 (DERCA calculation)2N5

Solar added each year

Ember estimates of all solar (utility-scale, distributed and off-grid), MW. 2026 is Ember’s full-year estimate.

Guinea-Bissau: solar added per year, 2023–2026, MW (Ember estimates)2023: 0.7 MW; 2024: 1.5 MW; 2025: 0.9 MW; 2026 estimate: 2.6 MW0.720231.520240.920252.62026E
Guinea-Bissau: solar added per year, 2023–2026, MW (Ember estimates)2023: 0.7 MW; 2024: 1.5 MW; 2025: 0.9 MW; 2026 estimate: 2.6 MW0.720231.520240.920252.62026E
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Solar added per year, MW
YearMWBasis
20230.7Ember estimate
20241.5Ember estimate
20250.9Ember estimate
2026E2.6Ember estimate, full year

0.0% of Africa’s estimated 2026 solar additions (2.6 of 17,449.4 MW).1

Who has electricity

Share of people with access to electricity, 2024: rural and urban.

Guinea-Bissau: access to electricity, rural vs urban, 2024Rural 24.9%, urban 65.6%, national 43.7%.National 43.7%Rural 24.9%Urban 65.6%0%25%50%75%100%
Guinea-Bissau: access to electricity, rural vs urban, 2024Rural 24.9%, urban 65.6%, national 43.7%.National 43.7%Rural 24.9%Urban 65.6%0%50%100%
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Access to electricity, 2024
AreaAccessYear
Rural24.9%2024
Urban65.6%2024
National43.7%2024
Rural 24.9%Urban 65.6%Without electricity 1.24m (DERCA calculation)

World Bank WDI, 2024.2

How reliable is the grid for business?

Firms experiencing electrical outages (2025 survey), compared with Sub-Saharan Africa and the world.3,4N6

Guinea-Bissau: share of firms experiencing electrical outagesGuinea-Bissau 72.2% (2025 survey); Sub-Saharan Africa 72.4%; World 47.5% (2025).Guinea-Bissau (2025)72.2%Sub-Saharan Africa72.4%World47.5%
Guinea-Bissau: share of firms experiencing electrical outagesGuinea-Bissau 72.2% (2025 survey); Sub-Saharan Africa 72.4%; World 47.5% (2025).Guinea-Bissau(2025)72.2%Sub-SaharanAfrica72.4%World47.5%

72.2% (2025 survey) · Sub-Saharan Africa 72.4% · World 47.5% (2025)

The rules for small-scale generationN2,N7

Export rules: None found

Regulator
No autonomous regulator (2016); ministry regulates
Main utility
EAGB
Export rulesNone found (2016: no net metering, no feed-in tariff).5,6Medium confidenceShow detail

None found (2016: no net metering, no FiT)

Sources: 5, 6
How exports are creditedNone foundShow detail

None found

Size limits and licensingNone foundShow detail

None found

Mini-grid rulesNone found.7Medium confidenceShow detail

None found; EU to support analysis of mini-grid regulatory framework (2025)

Sources: 7
Market access beyond the utilityCompetitively procured solar IPPs planned with World Bank support.7Medium confidenceShow detail

Legal base Decreto-Lei 2/2007 (energy) and 3/2007 (electricity); WB-supported competitively procured solar IPPs/PPPs planned

Sources: 7
Aggregation / VPP rulesNone foundShow detail

None found

“None found” means we could not locate a rule in public sources reviewed to 10 October 2026, not that one cannot exist.

Recent developments

Dated developments, 2024–2026.

  1. May 2024

    World Bank Solar Energy Scale-up and Access Project approved.7

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