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Economy
Overview: Guinea-Bissau ranks among the poorest countries
in the world, with a per capita GDP below $200. Agriculture
and fishing are the main economic activities, with cashew
nuts, peanuts, and palm kernels the primary exports. Exploitation
of known mineral deposits is unlikely at present because of a weak
infrastructure and the high cost of development. The government's
four-year plan (1988-91) has targeted agricultural development as
the top priority.
GDP: $152 million, per capita $160 (1988); real growth rate 5.6%
(1987).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%.
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues $20 million; expenditures $25 million,
including capital expenditures of $NA (1987).
Exports: $15 million (f.o.b., 1987); commodities--cashews,
fish, peanuts, palm kernels; partners--Portugal, Spain,
Switzerland, Cape Verde, China.
Imports: $49 million (f.o.b., 1987); commodities--capital
equipment, consumer goods, semiprocessed goods, foods, petroleum;
partners--Portugal, USSR, EC countries, other Europe, Senegal, US.
External debt: $465 million (December 1989 est.).
Industrial production: growth rate -1.7% (1986 est.).
Electricity: 22,000 kW capacity; 28 million kWh produced,
30 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: agricultural processing, beer, soft drinks.
Agriculture: accounts for over 50% of GDP, nearly 100% of
exports, and 80% of employment; rice is the staple food;
other crops include corn, beans, cassava, cashew nuts, peanuts,
palm kernels, and cotton; not self-sufficient in food; fishing
and forestry potential not fully exploited.
Aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $46 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-87), $519 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $41
million; Communist countries (1970-88), $68 million.
Currency: Guinea-Bissauan peso (plural--pesos); 1 Guinea-Bissauan
peso (PG) = 100 centavos.
Exchange rates: Guinea-Bissauan pesos (PG) per US$1--650
pesos (December 1989), NA (1988), 851.65 (1987), 238.98
(1986), 173.61 (1985).
Fiscal year: calendar year.