Cross-border banking exposure / Guinea-Bissau
What the world’s banks lend to Guinea-Bissau
The funding view: cross-border claims of BIS-reporting banks on Guinea-Bissau, from the locational statistics (LBS, by lender residence), with the consolidated claims by bank nationality (CBS) alongside. BIS-reporting banks held $50M of cross-border claims on Guinea-Bissau in Q4 2025, up from $1M when the series begins in Q2 1978.
Cross-border claims on Guinea-Bissau, Q2 1978–Q4 2025
LBS cross-border claims of all reporting banks on Guinea-Bissau, in USD billions, quarterly. The GFC and COVID quarters are shaded. This is the residence view, where a claim counts by where the lending bank sits, so a claim on Guinea-Bissau booked from any reporting jurisdiction is included.
Source: BIS Locational Banking Statistics (WS_LBS_D_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: cross-border claims (measure C), all reporting countries (5A) vs Guinea-Bissau as counterparty, all instruments, all currencies, all counterparty sectors, quarterly, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. Values shown in USD billions; raw BIS unit is USD millions. Methodology
Consolidated claims by bank nationality
CBS international claims on Guinea-Bissau in Q4 2025, broken out by the nationality of the lending banks (where the parent is headquartered, worldwide-consolidated, immediate-counterparty basis). The top 3 reporting banking systems shown account for $6M of the $7M consolidated total. This is a different measure from the residence-based claims above and is not additive with them.
| Bank nationality | International claims | Share of the largest |
|---|---|---|
| PRT Portugal | $6M | |
| ESP Spain | $0.30M | |
| CHE Switzerland | $0.01M |
Source: BIS Consolidated Banking Statistics (WS_CBS_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: international claims (measure I, domestic banks 4B, immediate-counterparty basis F), individual reporting banking system by nationality vs Guinea-Bissau as counterparty, latest quarter, amounts outstanding. License: free with “Source: BIS” attribution. CBS carries claims only; it has no liabilities measure by design. Methodology
Back to the cross-border overview, or Guinea-Bissau’s full financial profile on its country page. See the methodology for LBS versus CBS and the exact selections.