Guinea-Bissau

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Key facts

  • Currency: West African CFA franc
  • Capital city: Bissau
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 28,120 km²
  • Population: 2,105,566
  • Political Leader: Umaro Sissoco Embaló (President)

Latest news

Ex-president's son led Guinea-Bissau heroin gang to finance coup

Read: BBC

2024-03-27

Guinea-Bissau opposition fears 'dictatorship'

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-22

Guinea-Bissau opposition fears 'dictatorship'

Read: Deutsche Welle

2024-03-22

Russia writes off Guinea-Bissau's $26.7 mln debt -- agreement

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-03-19

Afcon 2023: Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Nigeria - Super Eagles go through to last 16

Read: BBC

2024-01-22

Nigeria vs Guinea-Bissau LIVE: Latest score and updates from Africa Cup of Nations as Sangante nets own goal

Read: Independent

2024-01-22

Afcon 2023: Equatorial Guinea 4-2 Guinea-Bissau - Emilio Nsue scores hat-trick

Read: BBC

2024-01-18

Metrics

Business

Expense 14.65 % of GDP
GDP 1,633,560,000.00 current US$
Inflation 9.39 annual %
Self-employed 69.40 % of total employment
Tax revenue 9.46 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.24 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 68.69 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 8,151.10 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 329.00 kt
Fertility rate 4.00 births per woman
Forest area 19,715 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 111.29 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 14.50 years
Methane emissions 1,261.12 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 765.86 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 1,065,706
Male Population 1,039,860
Renewable energy consumption 87.26 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 33,293.40 km²
Rural population 1,157,198
Urban land area 196.26 km²
Urban population 948,368
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.24 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 31.09 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.72 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 61.43 current US$
Health expenditure 8.41 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 1.12 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.00 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 60 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.00 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 35.76 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 35.16 % of population
Net migration -1,400
Press freedom 2.53


Politics

Armed forces personnel 4,000
Democracy score 1.98
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.61 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 13.73 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 2 days ago

License

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