West Africa
Guinea
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Guinea and the EU
EU imports from
€946m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.4bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #113 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.52
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
183
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (EDG)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Ministry of Energy, Hydro and Hydrocarbons
Massive hydro potential (6 GW+) with Souapiti (450 MW, 2020) and Kaleta (240 MW) operational, but transmission and distribution losses are extreme. Mining companies (bauxite) self-generate.
Tracked infrastructure
3 hydro plants
770 MW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
37
7 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Aluminium, Iron, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
no national ambient monitoring portal located
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
18.1
→ 24.2 by 2050
Fertility
4.13
above replacement
Working-age
55.6%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
6.2
→ 7.2 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 14.8M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +58% (23.4M)