Guinea Bissau
- Official Name:
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
- Area:
- 36.120 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 1.472.780 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 350 km
- Capital:
- Bissau
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Political divisions:
- 9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note - Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos
- Language(s):
- Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 24 September (1973)
- Nationality:
- Guinean(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 0 .
- Member of:
- ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .gw
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD900 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD292.900.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2,1% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (1999 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 62%
- Industry: 12%
- Services: 26%
- Labor force:
- 480.000 (1999 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2000):
-
- Agriculture 82%
- Industry and services: 18%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 4% (2002 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- ND
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: ND
- Expenditures: ND
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- ND
- Exports:
- USD 116.000.000 FOB (2004 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Cashew nuts, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber
- Exports - Partners:
- India 72%, Nigeria 17,1%, Ecuador 4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 176 million FOB (2004 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
- Imports - partners:
- Italy 24,8%, Senegal 18,2%, Portugal 15,4%, Cote d'Ivoire 4,2% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- ND
- Debt - external:
- USD 941.500.000 (2000)
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