GUINEA BISSAU

CONTACTS  
Manager  
Adress S/C Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie et d'Ariculture de Guinée Bissau.
Av. Pansau naisma CP.88 Bissau
Telephone (245) 20 16 02
Fax (245) 20 16 02
   

DESCRIPTION

Head of state

Joao bernado VIEIRA

Area 36 125 Km2
Population 1 300 000 inhabitants
Key cities Bissau (Capital), Bafata, Gabù, Mansoa.
Key industries sugar cane, palmseed, rice, peanuts, fishing, millet, lumber, mahogany
Communications Telecommunications (telephone, fax, telex) - radio, press
Railways
Main Port
Airport Bissau - Bissalanca, 11 km from downtown
Vaccinations Yellow Fever (mandatory) - risk of malaria
Visa Visa, except for citizens of Cap-Vert and Nigeria
Business hours

7:30 a.m. - 12:30 noon and 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. (Monday to Friday), 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Saturday

Area code
245
Useful Adresses
Heure locale U.T.

 

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

(*) estimate Source: BCEAO Economic Indicators

1997 1998 1999* 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
TOTAL POPULATION ( millions of inhabitants ) 1.11

1.137 1.16          
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (billions of CFA francs)

156.7

121.3

134.1

145.9 141.9 138.7 148.0 157.0
CURRENT GROWTH RATE
5.4%
(-)28.1% 7.1% 0.2% -7.1% 0.6% 4.3% 2.3%
INFLATION RATE
NC

NC NC 3.3% 3.3% -3.5% 0.9% 3.0%

DOMESTIC SAVINGS (billions of CFA francs)

4.5
(-)15.2

(-)22.8

         
DOMESTIC SAVINGS RATE 2.9%
(-)12.5 (-)17          
INVESTMENT (billions of CFA francs)

34.0
19.4 28.1          

INVESTMENT RATE

21.7%
16.00% 21.0%          
REVENUE PER IN HABITANT (CFA francs)

139,200
104,600 112,300