Country Report Guinea-Bissau April 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008a	2009b	2010b
GDP at market prices (CFAfr bn)	165.8	182.8	205.6	226.6	231.9
GDP at market prices (US$ m)	317.1	381.4	459.1	480.0	468.3
Real GDP growth (%)	0.0	2.9	2.8	3.0	3.5
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	2.0	4.6	10.5	-1.7a	2.5a
Population (m)	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6a	1.6
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	74.1	107.0	128.1	119.4	139.3
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	-127.1	-167.9	-198.8	198.9	210.0
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-40.0	-30.5	-28.8	-37.3	-49.5
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)	81.5	112.8	124.4	149.8a	n/a
Exchange rate (av) CFAfr:US$	522.89	479.27	447.81	472.19a	495.28a
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2009	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2009	% of total
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	56.0	Private consumption	84.6
Industry	12.8	Government consumption	12.9
Services	31.2	Fixed investment	21.5
		Exports of goods & services	25.7
		Imports of goods & services	-44.7

Principal exports 2009	US$ m	Principal imports 2009	US$ m
Cashew nuts	97.0	Food products	56.1
Fish & shrimps	5.9	Capital goods	54.2
		Petroleum products	39.2

Main destinations of exports 2009a	% of total	Main origins of imports 2009a	% of total
India	61.8	Portugal	25.8
Nigeria	33.0	Senegal	20.5
Portugal	1.5	Netherlands	13.8
Pakistan	1.0	India	13.7
China	0.7	Thailand	7.7
a Derived from partners' trade returns, subject to a wide margin of error.

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