The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
capital expenditures of $NA
million (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas,
sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
Industries:
bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and
agricultural processing industries
Industrial production growth rate:
3.2% (1994)
Electricity - production:
790.6 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
735.2 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
8,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Current account balance:
$-252 million (2003)
Exports:
$726 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural
products
Exports - partners:
South Korea 14.8%, Spain 10.7%, US 10.1%, France 9.2%, Russia 9%,
Ireland 7.9%, Belgium 6.4%, Germany 5.6%, Ukraine 5.3% (2003)
Imports:
$646 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,
textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
France 16.8%, China 9.3%, Belgium 7.1%, Italy 6.6%, Netherlands
5.4%, UK 5.4%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.8%, US 4.5% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$191 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$3.25 billion (2001 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$359.2 million (1998)
Currency:
Guinean franc (GNF)
Currency code:
GNF
Exchange rates:
Guinean francs per US dollar - NA (2003), 1,975.84 (2002), 1,950.56
(2001), 1,746.87 (2000), 1,387.4 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Guinea
Telephones - main lines in use:
26,200 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
111,500 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small
radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay
system
domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication
international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4 (one station is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters), shortwave
3 (2001)
Radios:
357,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
6 low-power stations (2001)
Televisions:
85,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.gn
Internet hosts:
380 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (2001)
Internet users:
40,000 (2003)
Transportation Guinea
Railways:
total: 837 km
standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
total: 30,500 km
paved: 5,033 km
unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Boke, Conakry, Kamsar
Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,344 GRT/5,003 DWT
by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: Iraq 1 (2003 est.)
Airports:
16 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Guinea
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard,
National Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 2,108,948 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 1,064,965 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$58.5 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (2003)
Transnational Issues Guinea
Disputes - international:
domestic fighting among disparate rebel groups in Guinea, domestic
fighting among disparate rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in
Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have created insurgencies,