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Guinea-Bissau

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Communications
Broadcast media [time series]
1 state-owned TV station and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, is operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)
Internet country code [time series]
.gw
Internet users [time series]
total: 56,100 | percent of population: 3.3% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 181
Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]
AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2001)
Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]
general assessment: small system including a combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines, radiotelephone, and mobile cellular communications | domestic: fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile cellular teledensity is roughly 50 per 100 persons | international: country code - 245 (2011)
Telephones - fixed lines [time series]
total subscriptions: 5,000 | subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 208
Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]
total: 1.1 million | subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 65 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 156
Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]
1 (2007)
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]
rice, corn, beans, cassava (manioc, tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Budget [time series]
revenues: $175.6 million | expenditures: $213.4 million (2014 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) [time series]
-3.4% of GDP (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 135
Central bank discount rate [time series]
4.25% (31 December 2009) | 4.75% (31 December 2008) | country comparison to the world: 87
Commercial bank prime lending rate [time series]
15% (31 December 2014 est.) | 15% (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 36
Current account balance [time series]
-$13 million (2014 est.) | -$45 million (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 68
Debt - external [time series]
$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) | $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.) | country comparison to the world: 162
Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]
Guinea-Bissau is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture, cashew nut exports, and foreign assistance. The legal economy is based on farming and fishing, but illegal logging and trafficking in narcotics are also important economic activities. The combination of limited economic prospects, weak institutions, and favorable geography have made this West African country a way station for drugs bound for Europe while trade in illegal logging, food, and fishing is also significant. Two out of three Bissau-Guineans remain below the absolute poverty line. Guinea-Bissau has substantial potential for development of mineral resources including phosphates, bauxite, and mineral sands. The country’s climate and soil make it feasible to grow a wide range of cash crops, fruit, vegetables, and tubers; however, cashews generate more than 80% export receipts and are the main source of income for many rural communities. With renewed donor support following elections in April-May 2014 and a successful regional bond issuance, the new government of Guinea-Bissau has made progress paying salaries, settling domestic arrears, and gaining more control over revenues and expenditures. The IMF noted that the new government has taken the positive step of developing a long-term economic plan, while implementing sensitive economic reforms in the wake of the 2012 coup.
Exchange rates [time series]
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - | 494.42 (2014 est.) | 494.42 (2013 est.) | 510.53 (2012 est.) | 471.87 (2011 est.) | 495.28 (2010 est.)
Exports [time series]
$171.9 million (2014 est.) | $152.8 million (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 187
Exports - commodities [time series]
fish, shrimp; cashews, peanuts, palm kernels, raw and sawn lumber
Exports - partners [time series]
India 52.3%, Nigeria 20.7%, China 16.3%, Togo 5.5% (2014)
Fiscal year [time series]
calendar year
GDP (official exchange rate) [time series]
$1.111 billion (2014 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP (purchasing power parity)) [time series]
$2.532 billion (2014 est.) | $2.469 billion (2013 est.) | $2.449 billion (2012 est.) | note: data are in 2014 US dollars | country comparison to the world: 189
GDP - composition, by end use [time series]
household consumption: 92.3% | government consumption: 12.1% | investment in fixed capital: 5.4% | investment in inventories: 0% | exports of goods and services: 15.5% | imports of goods and services: -25.2% | (2014 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin [time series]
agriculture: 43.9% | industry: 13.6% | services: 42.5% (2014 est.)
Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita (PPP)) [time series]
$1,500 (2014 est.) | $1,400 (2013 est.) | $1,400 (2012 est.) | note: data are in 2014 US dollars | country comparison to the world: 215
Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]
2.5% (2014 est.) | 0.8% (2013 est.) | -1.8% (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 129
Gross national saving [time series]
9.6% of GDP (2014 est.) | 2.6% of GDP (2013 est.) | -2.6% of GDP (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 153
Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]
lowest 10%: 2.9% | highest 10%: 28% (2002)
Imports [time series]
$227.5 million (2014 est.) | $182.8 million (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 205
Imports - commodities [time series]
foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
Imports - partners [time series]
Portugal 20.6%, Senegal 17.5%, UK 16.1%, Spain 4.2%, India 4.2%, China 4.1% (2014)
Industrial production growth rate [time series]
1.9% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 113
Industries [time series]
agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
-1% (2014 est.) | 0.8% (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 6
Labor force [time series]
632,700 (2007 est.) | country comparison to the world: 154
Labor force - by occupation [time series]
agriculture: 82% | industry and services: 18% (2000 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares [time series]
$NA
Population below poverty line [time series]
NA%
Stock of broad money [time series]
$480.9 million (31 December 2014 est.) | $393 million (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 182
Stock of domestic credit [time series]
$160.1 million (31 December 2014 est.) | $185.6 million (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 178
Stock of narrow money [time series]
$392.5 million (31 December 2014 est.) | $330 million (31 December 2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 169
Taxes and other revenues [time series]
15.8% of GDP (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 187
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions (Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy) [time series]
460,100 Mt (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 183
Crude oil - exports [time series]
0 bbl/day (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 178
Crude oil - imports [time series]
0 bbl/day (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 115
Crude oil - production [time series]
0 bbl/day (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 182
Crude oil - proved reserves [time series]
0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 180
Electricity - consumption [time series]
46.5 million kWh (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 207
Electricity - exports [time series]
0 kWh (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 185
Electricity - from fossil fuels [time series]
100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 25
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants [time series]
0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 194
Electricity - from nuclear fuels [time series]
0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 168
Electricity - from other renewable sources [time series]
0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 123
Electricity - imports [time series]
0 kWh (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 191
Electricity - installed generating capacity [time series]
26,000 kW (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 201
Electricity - production [time series]
50 million kWh (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 207
Natural gas - consumption [time series]
0 cu m (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 187
Natural gas - exports [time series]
0 cu m (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 166
Natural gas - imports [time series]
0 cu m (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 123
Natural gas - production [time series]
0 cu m (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 120
Natural gas - proved reserves [time series]
0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 185
Refined petroleum products - consumption [time series]
2,700 bbl/day (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 183
Refined petroleum products - exports [time series]
0 bbl/day (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 210
Refined petroleum products - imports [time series]
2,661 bbl/day (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 176
Refined petroleum products - production [time series]
0 bbl/day (2012 est.) | country comparison to the world: 123
Geography
Area [time series]
total: 36,125 sq km | land: 28,120 sq km | water: 8,005 sq km | country comparison to the world: 138
Area - comparative [time series]
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
Climate [time series]
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
Coastline [time series]
350 km
Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m | highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
Environment - current issues [time series]
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands | signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Total water withdrawal (Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)) [time series]
total: 0.18 cu km/yr (18%/6%/76%) | per capita: 135.7 cu m/yr (2005)
Geographic coordinates [time series]
12 00 N, 15 00 W
Geography - note [time series]
this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland
Irrigated land [time series]
225.6 sq km (2003)
Land boundaries [time series]
total: 762 km | border countries (2): Guinea 421 km, Senegal 341 km
Land use [time series]
agricultural land: 44.8% | arable land 8.2%; permanent crops 6.9%; permanent pasture 29.7% | forest: 55.2% | other: 0% (2011 est.)
Location [time series]
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
Map references [time series]
Africa
Maritime claims [time series]
territorial sea: 12 nm | exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Natural hazards [time series]
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
Natural resources [time series]
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
Terrain [time series]
mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east; numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets
Total renewable water resources [time series]
31 cu km (2011)
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama/Bijagos, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali
Capital [time series]
name: Bissau | geographic coordinates: 11 51 N, 15 35 W | time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Citizenship [time series]
citizenship by birth: yes | citizenship by descent: yes | dual citizenship recognized: no | residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Constitution [time series]
promulgated 16 May 1984; amended 1991, 1993, 1996; note - constitution suspended following military coup in April 2012 and restored in 2014 (2015)
Country name [time series]
`conventional long form: Republic of Guinea-Bissau | conventional short form: Guinea-Bissau | local long form: Republica da Guine-Bissau | local short form: Guine-Bissau | former: Portuguese Guinea | note: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel; "Bissau" distinguishes the country from neighboring Guinea
Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]
the US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998 in the midst of violent conflict between forces loyal to then President VIEIRA and military-led junta; the US Ambassador to Senegal, currently Ambassador James P. ZUMWALT, is accredited to Guinea-Bissau
Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]
chief of mission: none; note - Guinea-Bissau does not have official representation in Washington, DC
Executive branch [time series]
chief of state: President Jose Mario VAZ (since 17 June 2014) | head of government: Prime Minister Carlos CORREIA (since 17 September 2015); the initial appointment of Baciro DJA in August was nullified by the Supreme Court and he resigned | cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president | elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 13 April 2014 with a runoff on 18 May 2014 (next to be held in 2019); prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the National People's Assembly | election results: first round - Jose Mario VAZ (PAIGC) 41%, Nuno Gomez NABIAM (independent) 25.1%, other 33.9%; Jose Mario VAZ elected president in second round - Jose Mario VAZ 61.9%, Nuno Gomez NABIAM 38.1%
Flag (Flag description) [time series]
two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; yellow symbolizes the sun; green denotes hope; red represents blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity | note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the flag design was heavily influenced by the Ghanaian flag
Government type [time series]
republic
Independence [time series]
24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)
International law organization participation [time series]
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; non-party state to the ICCt
International organization participation [time series]
ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU (suspended), CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Judicial branch [time series]
highest court(s): Supreme Court or Suprema Tribunal Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers); note - the Supreme Court has both appellate and constitutional jurisdiction | judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the Higher Council of the Magistrate, a major government organ responsible for judge appointments, dismissals, and judiciary discipline; judges appointed by the president with life tenure | subordinate courts: Appeal Court; regional (first instance) courts; military court
Legal system [time series]
mixed legal system of civil law which incorporated Portuguese law at independence and influenced by early French civil code and customary law
Legislative branch [time series]
description: unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (102 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms) | elections: last held on 13 April 2014 (next to be held in 2018) | election results: percent of vote by party - PAIGC 48.0%, PRS 30.8%, other parties 21.2%; seats by party - PAIGC 57, PRS 41, other 4
National anthem(s) (National anthem) [time series]
name: "Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country) | lyrics/music: Amilcar Lopes CABRAL/XIAO He | note: adopted 1974; a delegation from then Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRA, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to struggle for independence
National holiday [time series]
Independence Day, 24 September (1973)
National symbol(s) [time series]
black star; national colors: red, yellow, green, black
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde or PAIGC [Domingos Simoes PEREIRA] | Democratic Convergence Party or PCD [Vicente FERNANDES] | New Democracy Party or PND [Mamadu Iaia DJALO] | Party for Social Renewal or PRS [Filomeno Mendes PEREIRA] | Republican Party for Independence and Development or PRID [Aristides GOMES] | Union for Change or UM [Agnelo REGALA]
Political parties (Political pressure groups and leaders) [time series]
Chamber of Commerce of Agriculture, Industry, and Services [Braima CAMARA]
Suffrage [time series]
18 years of age; universal
Introduction
Background [time series]
Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established authoritarian dictator Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. Despite setting a path to a market economy and multiparty system, VIEIRA's regime was characterized by the suppression of political opposition and the purging of political rivals. Several coup attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him. In 1994 VIEIRA was elected president in the country's first free election. A military mutiny and resulting civil war in 1998 eventually led to VIEIRA's ouster in May 1999. In February 2000, a transitional government turned over power to opposition leader Kumba YALA after he was elected president in transparent polling. In September 2003, after only three years in office, YALA was overthrown in a bloodless military coup, and businessman Henrique ROSA was sworn in as interim president. In 2005, former President VIEIRA was reelected, pledging to pursue economic development and national reconciliation; he was assassinated in March 2009. Malam Bacai SANHA was elected in an emergency election held in June 2009, but he passed away in January 2012 from a long-term illness. A military coup in April 2012 prevented Guinea-Bissau's second-round presidential election - to determine SANHA's successor - from taking place. Following mediation by the Economic Community of Western African States, a civilian transitional government assumed power in 2012 and remained until Jose Mario VAZ won free and fair elections in 2014.
Military
Manpower available for military service [time series]
males age 16-49: 370,790 | females age 16-49: 372,171 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service [time series]
males age 16-49: 205,460 | females age 16-49: 212,277 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually [time series]
male: 17,639 | female: 17,865 (2010 est.)
Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional); Presidential Guard (2012)
Military expenditures [time series]
1.85% of GDP (2012) | 1.81% of GDP (2011) | 1.85% of GDP (2010) | country comparison to the world: 45
Military service age and obligation [time series]
18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2013)
People and Society
Age structure [time series]
0-14 years: 39.53% (male 340,575/female 341,747) | 15-24 years: 20.18% (male 172,787/female 175,511) | 25-54 years: 32.3% (male 277,820/female 279,762) | 55-64 years: 4.66% (male 30,010/female 50,354) | 65 years and over: 3.34% (male 21,671/female 35,933) (2015 est.)
Birth rate [time series]
33.38 births/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 31
Child labor - children ages 5-14 [time series]
total number: 226,316 | percentage: 57% (2010 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight [time series]
18.1% (2010) | country comparison to the world: 35
Contraceptive prevalence rate [time series]
14.2% (2010)
Death rate [time series]
14.33 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 4
Dependency ratios [time series]
total dependency ratio: 78.4% | youth dependency ratio: 72.8% | elderly dependency ratio: 5.7% | potential support ratio: 17.7% (2015 est.)
Drinking water source [time series]
urban: 98.8% of population | rural: 60.3% of population | total: 79.3% of population | urban: 1.2% of population | rural: 39.7% of population | total: 20.7% of population (2015 est.)
Education expenditure (Education expenditures) [time series]
NA
Ethnic groups [time series]
Fulani 28.5%, Balanta 22.5%, Mandinga 14.7%, Papel 9.1%, Manjaco 8.3%, Beafada 3.5%, Mancanha 3.1%, Bijago 2.1%, Felupe 1.7%, Mansoanca 1.4%, Balanta Mane 1%, other 1.8%, none 2.2% (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate [time series]
3.69% (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 17
HIV/AIDS - deaths [time series]
1,900 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 57
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS [time series]
42,000 (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 59
Health expenditure (Health expenditures) [time series]
5.5% of GDP (2013) | country comparison to the world: 116
Hospital bed density [time series]
1 beds/1,000 population (2009)
Infant mortality rate [time series]
total: 89.21 deaths/1,000 live births | male: 98.8 deaths/1,000 live births | female: 79.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 5
Languages [time series]
Crioulo 90.4%, Portuguese 27.1% (official), French 5.1%, English 2.9%, other 2.4% | note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2008 est.)
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 50.23 years | male: 48.21 years | female: 52.31 years (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 223
Literacy [time series]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write | total population: 59.9% | male: 71.8% | female: 48.3% (2015 est.)
Major infectious diseases [time series]
degree of risk: very high | food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever | vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever | water contact disease: schistosomiasis | animal contact disease: rabies (2013)
Major urban areas - population [time series]
BISSAU (capital) 492,000 (2015)
Maternal mortality ratio (Maternal mortality rate) [time series]
549 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 7
Median age [time series]
total: 19.9 years | male: 19.4 years | female: 20.4 years (2015 est.)
Nationality [time series]
noun: Bissau-Guinean(s) | adjective: Bissau-Guinean
Net migration rate [time series]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 94
Obesity - adult prevalence rate [time series]
6.3% (2014) | country comparison to the world: 159
Physician density (Physicians density) [time series]
0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
Population [time series]
1,726,170 (July 2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 153
Population growth rate [time series]
1.91% (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 56
Religions [time series]
Muslim 45.1%, Christian 22.1%, animist 14.9%, none 2%, unspecified 15.9% (2008 est.)
Sanitation facility access [time series]
urban: 33.5% of population | rural: 8.5% of population | total: 20.8% of population | urban: 66.5% of population | rural: 91.5% of population | total: 79.2% of population (2015 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) [time series]
total: 9 years | male: NA | female: NA (2006)
Sex ratio [time series]
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female | 0-14 years: 1 male(s)/female | 15-24 years: 0.98 male(s)/female | 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female | 55-64 years: 0.6 male(s)/female | 65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female | total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2015 est.)
Total fertility rate [time series]
4.23 children born/woman (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 32
Urbanization [time series]
urban population: 49.3% of total population (2015) | rate of urbanization: 4.13% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international [time series]
in 2006, political instability within Senegal's Casamance region resulted in thousands of Senegalese refugees, cross-border raids, and arms smuggling into Guinea-Bissau
Illicit drugs [time series]
increasingly important transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations due to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography near the capital facilitates drug smuggling
Refugees and internally displaced persons [time series]
refugees (country of origin): 8,601 (Senegal) (2014)
Trafficking in persons [time series]
current situation: Guinea-Bissau is a source country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the scope of the problem of trafficking women or men for forced labor or forced prostitution is unknown; boys are forced into street vending in Guinea-Bissau and manual labor, agriculture, and mining in Senegal, while girls may be forced into street vending, domestic service, and, to a lesser extent, prostitution in Senegal and Guinea | tier rating: Tier 3 - Guinea-Bissau does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; anti-trafficking efforts have stalled under the transitional government; despite enacting an anti-trafficking law and adopting a national action plan in 2011, authorities still have not taken action against trafficking offenders, provided protection to identified victims, or conducted any prevention activities; no progress has been made in implementing the national action plan (2014)
Transportation
Airports [time series]
8 (2013) | country comparison to the world: 160
Airports - with paved runways [time series]
total: 2 | over 3,047 m: 1 | 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runways [time series]
total: 6 | 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 | 914 to 1,523 m: 2 | 3 (2013)
Ports (Ports and terminals) [time series]
major seaport(s): Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Roadways [time series]
total: 3,455 km | paved: 965 km | unpaved: 2,490 km (2002) | country comparison to the world: 162
Waterways [time series]
(rivers are partially navigable; many inlets and creeks provide shallow-water access to much of interior) (2012)