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Currency

DEC alternative conversion factor > LCU per US$	527.47
Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average	522.89
PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio	0.23	[139th of 169]
Terms of trade since 1995	90.25	[84th of 117]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database; The World Bank Group

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

Energy

Charcoal > Production from charcoal plants	500 ton	[119th of 120]
Charcoal > Production from charcoal plants (per capita)	315.19 ton per million people	[107th of 119]
Electrical outages > days	110.5 days	[4th of 42]
Electricity > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	41.44 %	[7th of 39]
Electricity > Consumption	55,800,000 kWh	[172nd of 210]
Electricity > Consumption (per capita)	34.173 kWh per capita	[180th of 201]
Electricity > Consumption by industry & construction	4,000,000 kWh	[153rd of 166]
Electricity > Consumption by industry & construction (per capita)	3.579 kWh per capita	[142nd of 165]
Electricity > Consumption by other industries and construction	4,000,000 kWh	[150th of 165]
Electricity > Consumption by other industries and construction (per capita)	3.579 kWh per capita	[139th of 164]
Electricity > Gross inland availability	61,000,000 kWh	[196th of 211]
Electricity > Gross inland availability (per capita)	38.453 kWh per capita	[198th of 210]
Electricity > Gross production, public & self-producer	61,000,000 kWh	[196th of 211]
Electricity > Gross production, public & self-producer (per capita)	38.453 kWh per capita	[197th of 210]
Electricity > Net inland availability	4,000,000 kWh	[169th of 202]
Electricity > Net inland availability (per capita)	3.579 kWh per capita	[153rd of 201]
Electricity > Net production	61,000,000 kWh	[196th of 211]
Electricity > Net production (per capita)	38.453 kWh per capita	[196th of 210]
Electricity > Production	60,000,000 kWh	[124th of 210]
Electricity > Production (per capita)	36.745 kWh per capita	[130th of 198]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	100%	[37th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro	0%	[193rd of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	0%	[142nd of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Other	0%	[149th of 210]
Electricity > Thermal > Production	61,000,000 kWh	[180th of 209]
Electricity > Thermal > Production (per capita)	38.453 kWh per capita	[180th of 208]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Public	56,000,000 kWh	[176th of 207]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Public (per capita)	35.301 kWh per capita	[176th of 205]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Self-producer	5,000,000 kWh	[122nd of 143]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Self-producer (per capita)	3.152 kWh per capita	[117th of 136]
Electricity > Total production, public	56,000,000 kWh	[196th of 211]
Electricity > Total production, public (per capita)	35.301 kWh per capita	[196th of 210]
Electricity > Total production, self-producer	5,000,000 kWh	[128th of 145]
Electricity > Total production, self-producer (per capita)	3.152 kWh per capita	[120th of 138]
electricity consumption > Date of > Information	2003
Fuel exports > % of merchandise exports	4.56 %	[45th of 143]
Fuel imports > % of merchandise imports	16.16 %	[19th of 154]
Fuelwood > Consumption by households	422,000 m³	[91st of 116]
Fuelwood > Consumption by households and other consumers	422,000 m³	[106th of 143]
Fuelwood > Net inland availability	422,000 m³	[107th of 145]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by households and other consumers	19,000 ton	[117th of 138]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by households and other consumers (per capita)	11.977 ton per 1,000 people	[89th of 138]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by industry & construction	12,000 ton	[59th of 124]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by industry & construction (per capita)	11.458 ton per 1,000 people	[41st of 123]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by other consumers	19,000 ton	[86th of 114]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by other consumers (per capita)	11.977 ton per 1,000 people	[54th of 114]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by other industries and construction	12,000 ton	[58th of 124]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by other industries and construction (per capita)	11.458 ton per 1,000 people	[40th of 123]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by transportation industry	10,000 ton	[161st of 169]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by transportation industry (per capita)	6.304 ton per 1,000 people	[156th of 168]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption in road transport	10,000 ton	[153rd of 161]
Gas-diesel oils > Consumption in road transport (per capita)	6.304 ton per 1,000 people	[147th of 160]
Gas-diesel oils > Conversion in thermal power plants	5,000 ton	[130th of 161]
Gas-diesel oils > Conversion in thermal power plants (per capita)	3.152 ton per 1,000 people	[103rd of 158]
Gas-diesel oils > Conversion to other forms of energy	5,000 ton	[139th of 166]
Gas-diesel oils > Conversion to other forms of energy (per capita)	3.152 ton per 1,000 people	[108th of 165]
Gas-diesel oils > Energy balance requirement	34,000 ton	[128th of 205]
Gas-diesel oils > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	21.433 ton per 1,000 people	[117th of 204]
Gas-diesel oils > Gross inland availability	34,000 ton	[178th of 205]
Gas-diesel oils > Gross inland availability (per capita)	21.433 ton per 1,000 people	[176th of 204]
Gas-diesel oils > Imports	34,000 ton	[162nd of 192]
Gas-diesel oils > Imports (per capita)	21.433 ton per 1,000 people	[142nd of 191]
Gas-diesel oils > Net inland availability	29,000 ton	[162nd of 190]
Gas-diesel oils > Net inland availability (per capita)	18.281 ton per 1,000 people	[158th of 189]
Gas-diesel oils > Statistical differences (per capita)	17,489,146,791,973.8 ton per 1e+15 people	[44th of 155]
Gasoline prices	1.05	[64th of 141]
Hydroelectricity consumption	0	[168th of 213]
Hydroelectricity consumption (per capita)	0 per 10 million people	[157th of 207]
Jet Fuel > Bunkers	10,000 ton	[126th of 149]
Jet Fuel > Bunkers (per capita)	6.304 ton per 1,000 people	[98th of 145]
Jet Fuel > Energy balance requirement	2,000 ton	[67th of 151]
Jet Fuel > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	1,589,922,435,633.98 ton per 1e+15 people	[49th of 141]
Jet Fuel > Gross inland availability	2,000 ton	[119th of 143]
Jet Fuel > Gross inland availability (per capita)	1,589,922,435,633.98 ton per 1e+15 people	[94th of 135]
Jet Fuel > Imports	10,000 ton	[113rd of 145]
Jet Fuel > Imports (per capita)	6,303.803 ton per million people	[81st of 140]
Jet Fuel > Statistical differences (per capita)	1,589,922,435,633.98 ton per 1e+15 people	[41st of 106]
Kerosene > Consumption by households	4,000 ton	[115th of 146]
Kerosene > Consumption by households (per capita)	2.522 ton per 1,000 people	[93rd of 145]
Kerosene > Consumption by households and other consumers	7,000 ton	[120th of 165]
Kerosene > Consumption by households and other consumers (per capita)	4.413 ton per 1,000 people	[79th of 163]
Kerosene > Consumption by other consumers	3,000 ton	[45th of 62]
Kerosene > Consumption by other consumers (per capita)	1.891 ton per 1,000 people	[25th of 62]
Kerosene > Energy balance requirement	7,000 ton	[77th of 157]
Kerosene > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	4,412.662 ton per million people	[58th of 148]
Kerosene > Gross inland availability	7,000 ton	[128th of 176]
Kerosene > Gross inland availability (per capita)	4.413 ton per 1,000 people	[99th of 171]
Kerosene > Imports	7,000 ton	[81st of 130]
Kerosene > Imports (per capita)	4.413 ton per 1,000 people	[65th of 123]
Kerosene > Net inland availability	7,000 ton	[125th of 170]
Kerosene > Net inland availability (per capita)	4.413 ton per 1,000 people	[88th of 167]
Kerosene > Statistical differences (per capita)	1,589,922,435,633.98 ton per 1e+15 people	[36th of 109]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Consumption for non-energy uses	1,000 ton	[27th of 27]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Consumption for non-energy uses (per capita)	0.63 ton per 1,000 people	[22nd of 27]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Energy balance requirement	1,000 ton	[113rd of 161]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	630.38 ton per million people	[102nd of 160]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Gross inland availability	1,000 ton	[163rd of 166]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Gross inland availability (per capita)	630.38 ton per million people	[150th of 165]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Imports	1,000 ton	[137th of 141]
Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Imports (per capita)	630.38 ton per million people	[118th of 140]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption by households and other consumers	9,000 ton	[36th of 62]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption by households and other consumers (per capita)	5.673 ton per 1,000 people	[16th of 62]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption by other consumers	9,000 ton	[21st of 40]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption by other consumers (per capita)	5.673 ton per 1,000 people	[7th of 40]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption by transportation industry	10,000 ton	[182nd of 197]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption by transportation industry (per capita)	6.304 ton per 1,000 people	[176th of 196]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption in road transport	10,000 ton	[180th of 194]
Motor Gasoline > Consumption in road transport (per capita)	6.304 ton per 1,000 people	[172nd of 193]
Motor Gasoline > Gross inland availability	19,000 ton	[175th of 202]
Motor Gasoline > Gross inland availability (per capita)	11.977 ton per 1,000 people	[169th of 201]
Motor Gasoline > Imports	19,000 ton	[147th of 183]
Motor Gasoline > Imports (per capita)	11,977.226 ton per million people	[131st of 183]
Motor Gasoline > Motor gasoline- energy balance requirement	19,000 ton	[113rd of 201]
Motor Gasoline > Motor gasoline- energy balance requirement (per capita)	11,977.226 ton per million people	[104th of 200]
Motor Gasoline > Net inland availability	19,000 ton	[173rd of 198]
Motor Gasoline > Net inland availability (per capita)	11.977 ton per 1,000 people	[164th of 197]
Motor Gasoline > Statistical differences (per capita)	4,769,767,306,901.93 ton per 1e+15 people	[37th of 131]
Natural gas > Consumption	0 cu m	[135th of 206]
Natural gas > Consumption (per capita)	0 cu m per capita	[135th of 206]
Natural gas > Exports	0 cu m	[140th of 202]
Natural gas > Imports	0 cu m	[137th of 200]
Natural gas > Proved reserves	0 cu m	[163rd of 203]
natural gas consumption > Date of > Information	2003 est.
Oil > Consumption	2,520 bbl/day	[143rd of 212]
Oil > Consumption (per capita)	1.543 bbl/day per 1,000 people	[137th of 190]
Oil > Exports	0 bbl/day	[162nd of 184]
Oil > Imports	2,560 bbl/day	[152nd of 186]
Oil > Production	0 bbl/day	[164th of 212]
Oil > Production (per capita)	0 bbl/day per million peopl	[164th of 198]
Oil > Proved reserves	0 bbl	[162nd of 206]
Oil Consumption Test (per $ GDP)	18,526.348 Btu per $1 of GDP	[13th of 171]
Oil Consumption Test (per capita)	3,247,360.545 Btu per capita	[132nd of 177]
Oil Consumption Test Test (per $ GDP)	18,526.348 Btu per $1 of GDP	[13th of 171]
Oil Consumption Test Test (per capita)	3,247,360.545 Btu per capita	[132nd of 177]
Other Petroleum Products > Consumption for non-energy uses	20,000 ton	[58th of 85]
Other Petroleum Products > Consumption for non-energy uses (per capita)	12.608 ton per 1,000 people	[31st of 85]
Other Petroleum Products > Energy balance requirement	20,000 ton	[20th of 86]
Other Petroleum Products > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	12.608 ton per 1,000 people	[13th of 85]
Other Petroleum Products > Gross inland availability	20,000 ton	[70th of 106]
Other Petroleum Products > Gross inland availability (per capita)	12.608 ton per 1,000 people	[44th of 105]
Other Petroleum Products > Imports	20,000 ton	[35th of 70]
Other Petroleum Products > Imports (per capita)	12.608 ton per 1,000 people	[16th of 69]
Other Petroleum Products > Statistical differences (per capita)	14,309,301,920,705.8 ton per 1e+15 people	[4th of 62]
Residual Fuel Oil > Consumption by households and other consumers	27,000 ton	[50th of 98]
Residual Fuel Oil > Consumption by households and other consumers (per capita)	17.02 ton per 1,000 people	[20th of 96]
Residual Fuel Oil > Consumption by other consumers	27,000 ton	[36th of 85]
Residual Fuel Oil > Consumption by other consumers (per capita)	17.02 ton per 1,000 people	[13th of 84]
Residual Fuel Oil > Imports	27,000 ton	[109th of 150]
Residual Fuel Oil > Imports (per capita)	17.02 ton per 1,000 people	[77th of 144]
Residual Fuel Oil > Net inland availability	27,000 ton	[120th of 155]
Residual Fuel Oil > Net inland availability (per capita)	17.02 ton per 1,000 people	[83rd of 153]
Traditional fuel consumption	57.1%	[35th of 130]
Wall plugs > Voltage	220 V	[129th of 209]

SOURCES Source Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia List of countries by electricity consumption ; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; Energy Information Administration; Wikipedia List of countries by natural gas consumption ; World bank; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

Industry

Manufactures exports > % of merchandise exports	7.19 %	[115th of 156]
Manufactures imports > % of merchandise imports	39.6 %	[127th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > annual % growth	4.67 %	[65th of 156]
Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$	25,483,170 constant 2000 US$	[105th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	16.064 constant 2000 US$ per c	[105th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > constant LCU	129697800
Manufacturing, value added > current LCU	13605000000
Manufacturing, value added > current US$	25,792,940 $	[114th of 167]
Manufacturing, value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	85.659 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[85th of 180]
Manufacturing, value added > current US$ (per capita)	16.259 $ per capita	[111st of 180]
Ores and metals exports > % of merchandise exports	0.05 %	[121st of 154]
Ores and metals imports > % of merchandise imports	0.15 %	[129th of 155]
value added > annual % growth	4.5 %	[73rd of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$	31,657,770 constant 2000 US$	[131st of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	19.956 constant 2000 US$ per c	[132nd of 164]
value added > constant LCU	151878000
value added > current LCU	18252000000
value added > current US$	34,602,920 $	[135th of 172]
value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.115 $ per $1 of GDP	[136th of 180]
value added > current US$ (per capita)	21.813 $ per capita	[134th of 180]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

Agriculture

Agricultural growth	117	[54th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area	57.97 % of land area	[45th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km	16,300 sq. km	[126th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita)	10,911.893 sq. km per 1,000 people	[47th of 199]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	19	[179th of 190]
Agricultural machinery > tractors (per capita)	0.013 per 1 million people	[182nd of 190]
Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land	0.63	[181st of 188]
Agricultural raw materials exports > % of merchandise exports	6.27 %	[28th of 154]
Agricultural raw materials imports > % of merchandise imports	0.48 %	[125th of 155]
Agriculture, value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	85.482 $ per capita	[111st of 164]
Agriculture, value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	593.054 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[2nd of 182]
Agriculture, value added > current US$ (per capita)	112.57 $ per capita	[111st of 182]
Arable and permanent cropland	350 thousand hectares	[131st of 148]
Arable and permanent cropland (per capita)	247.7 thousand hectares per 1 m	[71st of 148]
Arable land > % of land area	10.67 % of land area	[100th of 199]
Arable land > hectares	300,000 hectares	[137th of 199]
Arable land > hectares (per capita)	200.832 hectares per 1,000 peop	[79th of 200]
Cereal production	117 thousand metric tons	[54th of 149]
Cereal production (per capita)	0.0828025 thousand metric tons per	[7th of 149]
Cereal production growth	16%	[60th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare	1,219.8 kg/ha	[136th of 171]
Crop production index	109.8 %	[71st of 182]
Fertilizer consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land	80 100 g/ha of arable land	[134th of 169]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons	2,400 metric tons	[143rd of 169]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons (per capita)	1.656 metric tons per 1 milli	[135th of 176]
Fertilizer use	6.9 kg	[115th of 138]
Food production index	109.7 %	[60th of 182]
Irrigated land > % of cropland	4.55 %	[106th of 164]
Labor share	82.5%	[8th of 149]
Land under cereal production > hectares	153,500 hectares	[127th of 176]
Land under cereal production > hectares (per capita)	96,763.375 hectares per 1,000 peop	[63rd of 177]
Livestock production index	109.1 %	[66th of 181]
Meat production	17 thousand metric tons	[145th of 149]
Meat production (per capita)	0.0120311 thousand metric tons per	[104th of 149]
Meat production growth	36%	[66th of 149]
Permanent cropland > % of land area	8.89 % of land area	[34th of 187]
Permanent crops	50,000 hectares	[118th of 181]
Permanent crops (per capita)	35.3857 hectares per 1,000 peopl	[59th of 181]
Products rice, corn, beans, cassava, cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Root and tuber production	77 thousand metric tons	[128th of 149]
Root and tuber production (per capita)	0.054494 thousand metric tons per	[81st of 149]
Root and tuber production growth	10%	[68th of 149]
Tractor concentration	0.1	[138th of 147]
Tractors	19	[147th of 147]
Tractors (per capita)	13.4466 per 1 million people	[143rd of 147]
Value added	56.17	[2nd of 158]
value added > annual % growth	6 %	[27th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$	135,604,400 constant 2000 US$	[125th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	85.482 constant 2000 US$ per c	[111st of 164]
value added > constant LCU	644892400
value added > current LCU	94193000000
value added > current US$	178,575,100 $	[127th of 172]
value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	593.054 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[2nd of 182]
value added > current US$ (per capita)	112.57 $ per capita	[111st of 182]
value added per worker > constant 2000 US$	236.91 constant 2000 US$	[133rd of 163]
Workers per hectare	1.3	[34th of 148]

SOURCES Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The World Bank

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km	0.1 million tons/km	[152nd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	20,400	[162nd of 164]
Air transport, passengers carried (per capita)	15.788 per 1,000 people	[140th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide	1,200 H	[153rd of 164]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita)	0.929 per 1,000 people	[114th of 177]
Aircraft departures	1,200	[139th of 155]
Aircraft departures (per capita)	0.849257 per 1,000 people	[106th of 155]
Airports	27	[130th of 247]
Airports (per $ GDP)	91.966 per billion $ of GDP	[8th of 200]
Airports (per capita)	18.333 per million people	[82nd of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	1	[157th of 181]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	1	[102nd of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP)	3,571.429 per $1 trillion of GDP	[11th of 150]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita)	0.679 per million people	[95th of 178]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita)	0.707714 per 1 million people	[70th of 131]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1	[88th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1	[136th of 157]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP)	3.571 per $1 billion of GDP	[11th of 133]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	0.679 per million people	[74th of 156]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	0.707714 per 1 million people	[59th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	1	[73rd of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	1	[131st of 157]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per $ GDP)	3,571.429 per $1 trillion of GDP	[1st of 136]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita)	0.679 per million people	[35th of 156]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita)	0.707714 per 1 million people	[35th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total	3	[167th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP)	9.853 per billion $ of GDP	[9th of 179]
Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita)	2.037 per million people	[138th of 228]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	1	[116th of 133]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m	1	[76th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per $ GDP)	3,571.429 per $1 trillion of GDP	[13th of 118]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita)	0.679 per million people	[45th of 130]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m (per capita)	0.707714 per 1 million people	[36th of 94]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	4	[115th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	4	[88th of 137]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP)	14,285.714 per $1 trillion of GDP	[12th of 152]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	2.83086 per 1 million people	[41st of 130]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	2.716 per million people	[55th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total	24	[106th of 204]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP)	82,112.134 per trillion $ of GDP	[7th of 165]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita)	16.296 per million people	[49th of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m	19	[86th of 187]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP)	65,689.707 per trillion $ of GDP	[5th of 172]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita)	12.901 per million people	[37th of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Highways > Paved	453 km	[99th of 113]
Highways > Paved (per capita)	0.341 km per 1,000 people	[82nd of 108]
Highways > Total	4,400 km	[85th of 118]
Highways > Total (per capita)	3.314 km per 1,000 people	[61st of 113]
Highways > Unpaved	3,947 km	[71st of 113]
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)	2.973 km per 1,000 people	[30th of 108]
Motor vehicles	6 motor vehicles per 100 p	[113rd of 134]
Ports and harbors Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Ports and terminals Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Railways	0 km	[10th of 86]
Railways (per capita)	0 km per 1,000 people	[8th of 75]
Railways > Total	0 km	[181st of 220]
Railways > Total (per $ GDP)	0 km per billion $ of GDP	[164th of 189]
Railways > Total (per capita)	0 km per million people	[180th of 218]
Roads, paved > % of total roads	27.94 %	[45th of 163]
Roads, total network > km	3,455 km	[60th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	965 km	[50th of 81]
Roadways > Total	3,455 km	[48th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	2,490 km	[37th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international attempts to stem refugees and cross-border raids, arms smuggling, and political instability from a separatist movement in Senegal's Casamance region
Travel services > % of commercial service exports	16.59 %	[118th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports	30.94 %	[41st of 153]
Vehicle abundance	0.46 per square km	[115th of 141]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

Taxation

Average time to clear customs > days	5.58 days	[8th of 39]
CPIA fiscal policy rating	2.5	[69th of 75]
Net taxes on products > constant LCU	-140636400
Net taxes on products > current LCU	5832000000
Net taxes on products > current US$	11,056,550 $	[128th of 159]
Net taxes on products > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.037 $ per $1 billion of GDP	[116th of 174]
Net taxes on products > current US$ (per capita)	6.97 $ per 1 million people	[126th of 174]
Tax payments > number	47	[44th of 171]
Tax payments > number (per capita)	29.628 per 1 million people	[29th of 170]
Tax rates > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	5.26 %	[20th of 39]
Total tax rate > % of profit	47.5 %	[79th of 171]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

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