Introduction
<p>For much of its history, Guinea-Bissau was under the control of the Mali Empire and the Kaabu Kingdom. In the 16th century, Portugal began establishing trading posts along Guinea-Bissau’s shoreline. Initially, the Portuguese were restricted to the coastline and islands. However, the slave and gold trades were lucrative to local African leaders, and the Portuguese were slowly able to expand their power and influence inland. Starting in the 18th century, the Mali Empire and Kingdom of Kaabu slowly disintegrated into smaller local entities. By the 19th century, Portugal had fully incorporated Guinea-Bissau into its empire.<br><br>Since gaining independence in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established General Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. VIEIRA's regime suppressed political opposition and purged political rivals. Several coup attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him, but a military mutiny and civil war in 1999 led to VIEIRA's ouster. In 2000, a transitional government turned over power to opposition leader Kumba YALA. In 2003, a bloodless military coup overthrew YALA and installed businessman Henrique ROSA as interim president. In 2005, VIEIRA was reelected, pledging to pursue economic development and national reconciliation; he was assassinated in 2009. Malam Bacai SANHA was then elected president, but he passed away in 2012 from a long-term illness. A military coup blocked the second round of the election to replace him, but after mediation from the Economic Community of Western African States, a civilian transitional government assumed power. In 2014, Jose Mario VAZ was elected president in a free and fair election, and in 2019, he became the first president in Guinea-Bissau’s history to complete a full term. Umaro Sissoco EMBALO was elected president in 2019, but he did not take office until 2020 because of a prolonged challenge to the election results.</p>
Geography
- Land
- 28,120 sq km
- Total
- 36,125 sq km
- Water
- 8,005 sq km
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
350 km
Africa
- Highest point
- Dongol Ronde 277 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Mean elevation
- 70 m
12 00 N, 15 00 W
this small country is swampy along its western coast and is low-lying inland
250 sq km (2012)
- Border countries
- Guinea 421 km; Senegal 341 km
- number of neighbors
- 2
- Total
- 762 km
- Agricultural land
- 29.9% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: arable land
- arable land: 14.1% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: permanent crops
- permanent crops: 8.9% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: permanent pasture
- permanent pasture: 6.9% (2023 est.)
- arable land
- 14.07%
- Forest
- 75% (2023 est.)
- Other
- 0% (2023 est.)
- permanent crops
- 8.89%
No
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin
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Africa
- Exclusive economic zone
- 200 nm
- Territorial sea
- 12 nm
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
approximately one fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight mainly rural regions, as shown in this population distribution map
Western Africa
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
- UTC
- number of time zones
- 1
People and Society
- 0-14 years
- 42.3% (male 453,513/female 448,514)
- 15-64 years
- 54.6% (male 561,868/female 602,280)
- 65 years and over
- 3.1% (2024 est.) (male 27,529/female 38,621)
- Beer
- 0.41 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Other alcohols
- 1.28 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Spirits
- 0.54 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Total
- 3.21 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Wine
- 0.98 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
35.82 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
- Men married by age 18
- 2.2% (2019)
- Women married by age 15
- 8.1% (2019)
- Women married by age 18
- 25.7% (2019)
18.8% (2019 est.)
59% (2019 est.)
- 6.99 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
- adult female
- 194 per 1,000
- adult male
- 273 per 1,000
- Elderly dependency ratio
- 5.7 (2024 est.)
- Potential support ratio
- 17.6 (2024 est.)
- Total dependency ratio
- 83.2 (2024 est.)
- Youth dependency ratio
- 77.5 (2024 est.)
- improved total
- 23.99%
- Improved: rural
- rural: 52.5% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: total
- total: 61.8% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: urban
- urban: 73.1% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: rural
- rural: 47.5% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: total
- total: 38.2% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: urban
- urban: 26.9% of population (2022 est.)
2.7% of GDP (2020 est.)
Balanta 30%, Fulani 30%, Manjaco 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%, unspecified smaller ethnic groups 6% (2015 est.)
2.26 (2025 est.)
- 9 % of GDP
- Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
- 8.2% of GDP (2021)
- Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
- 5.2% of national budget (2022 est.)
0.57%
- Female
- 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male
- 52 deaths/1,000 live births
- neonatal
- 33 deaths/1,000 live births
- Total
- 45.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
- Portuguese-based Creole, Portuguese (official; largely used as a second or third language), Pular (a Fula language), Mandingo
- languages
- Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
- number of languages
- 2
- Female
- 66.8 years
- Male
- 62.2 years
- Total population
- 64.5 years (2024 est.)
- Female
- 52.2% (2022 est.)
- Male
- 77.3% (2022 est.)
- Total population
- 63.9% (2022 est.)
664,000 BISSAU (capital) (2023)
505 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
- Female
- 18.9 years
- Male
- 17.8 years
- Total
- 18.5 years (2025 est.)
82 births/1,000 women 15-19
- Adjective
- Bissau-Guinean
- Noun
- Bissau-Guinean(s)
-3.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
9.5% (2016)
0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
- Female
- 1,089,415
- Male
- 1,042,910
- Total
- 2,132,325 (2024 est.)
2.55% (2025 est.)
Muslim 46.1%, folk religions 30.6%, Christian 18.9%, other or unaffiliated 4.4% (2020 est.)
- improved total
- 22.6%
- Improved: rural
- rural: 23.8% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: total
- total: 45.6% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: urban
- urban: 72.2% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: rural
- rural: 76.2% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: total
- total: 54.4% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: urban
- urban: 27.8% of population (2022 est.)
- 0-14 years
- 1.01 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years
- 0.93 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over
- 0.71 male(s)/female
- At birth
- 1.03 male(s)/female
- Total population
- 0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
- Female
- 0.5% (2025 est.)
- Male
- 13.2% (2025 est.)
- Total
- 6.7% (2025 est.)
4.59 children born/woman (2025 est.)
- Rate of urbanization
- 3.22% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
- Urban population
- 45.5% of total population (2023)
- measles
- 65%
Government
9 regions (<em>regioes</em>, singular - <em>regiao</em>); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama/Bijagos, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali
- Etymology
- the name is derived from the local Bijuga people and is used to distinguish the country from neighboring Guinea
- Geographic coordinates
- 11 51 N, 15 35 W
- Name
- Bissau
- Time difference
- UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Citizenship by birth
- yes
- Citizenship by descent only
- yes
- Dual citizenship recognized
- no
- Residency requirement for naturalization
- 5 years
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- Amendment process
- proposed by the National People’s Assembly if supported by at least one third of its members, by the Council of State (a presidential consultant body), or by the government; passage requires approval by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; constitutional articles on the republican and secular form of government and national sovereignty cannot be amended
- History
- promulgated 16 May 1984
- alternative spellings
- GW, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, República da Guiné-Bissau
- Conventional long form
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- Conventional short form
- Guinea-Bissau
- Etymology
- the country is partly named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea; the name itself is derived from the Tuareg word <em>aginaw</em>, meaning "black people;" Bissau, the name of the capital city, distinguishes the country from neighboring Guinea and is derived from the local Bijuga people
- FIFA code
- GNB
- Former
- Portuguese Guinea
- Local long form
- Republica da Guine-Bissau
- local long form (por)
- República da Guiné-Bissau
- Local short form
- Guine-Bissau
- Chief of mission
- Ambassador Michael RAYNOR (since 20 April 2022)
- Email address and website
- <br>dakarACS@state.gov<br><br>https://gw.usmission.gov/
- Mailing address
- 2080 Bissau Place, Washington DC 20521-2080
- Chancery
- 918 16th Street, NW (Mezzanine Suite)<br>Washington DC 20006
- Chief of mission
- Ambassador Maria Da Conceição NOBRE CABRAL (since 18 September 2024)
- FAX
- [1] (202) 872-4226
- Telephone
- [1] (202) 872-4222
- Cabinet
- Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president
- Chief of state
- Interim President Gen. Horta Nta Na MAN (since 27 November 2025)
- Election results
- <em><br>2025: </em>Umaro Sissoco EMBALO (Madem G15) and Fernando DIAS da Costa (PRS) both claimed victory in first round; a coup prevented the release of election results after ballots were destroyed<em><br><br>2019:</em> Umaro Sissoco EMBALO elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Domingos Simoes PEREIRA (PAIGC) 40.1%, Umaro Sissoco EMBALO (Madem G15) 27.7%, Nuno Gomez NABIAM (APU-PDGB) 13.2%, Jose Mario VAZ (independent) 12.4%, other 6.6%; percent of vote in second round - Umaro Sissoco EMBALO 53.6%, Domingos Simoes PEREIRA 46.5% (2019)
- Election/appointment process
- president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for up to 2 consecutive 5-year terms; prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the National People's Assembly
- Expected date of next election
- 2025
- Head of government
- Interim Prime Minister Ilídio Vieira TE (since 28 November 2025)
- Most recent election date
- 23 November 2025
- Note
- <strong>note:</strong> elections were held on 23 November 2025; a military coup on 26 November suspended the election process, arrested the sitting president, swore in a transitional president, and appointed a cabinet for one year
<strong>description:</strong> two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green, with a vertical red band on the left side; a five-pointed black star is centered in the red band<br><br><strong>meaning:</strong> yellow stands for the sun, green for hope, red for blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity<br><br><strong>history:</strong> uses the colors of the Pan-African movement; the Ghanaian flag heavily influenced the design
The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.
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semi-presidential republic
24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; non-party state to the ICCt
ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, 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, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Highest court(s)
- Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers)
- 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 for life
- Note
- <strong>note:</strong> the Supreme Court has both appellate and constitutional jurisdiction
- Subordinate courts
- Appeals Court; regional (first instance) courts; military court
mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence; influenced by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Francophone Public Law, and customary law
- Electoral system
- proportional representation
- Expected date of next election
- November 2029
- Legislative structure
- unicameral
- Legislature name
- People's National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)
- Most recent election date
- 11/23/2025
- Number of seats
- 102 (all directly elected)
- Parties elected and seats per party
- Inclusive Alliance Platform/Terra Coalition (54); Movement for Democratic Alternation (MADEM G.15) (29); Party for Social Renewal (PRS) (12); Bissau-Guinean Workers’ Party (6); Other (1)
- Percentage of women in chamber
- 9.8%
- Scope of elections
- full renewal
- Term in office
- 4 years
red, yellow, green, black
- Selected World Heritage Site locales
- Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô (n)
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 1 (natural)
Independence Day, 24 September (1973)
black star
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde or PAIGC <br>Democratic Convergence Party or PCD <br>Movement for Democratic Alternation Group of 15 or MADEM-G15 <br>National People’s Assembly – Democratic Party of Guinea Bissau or APU-PDGB <br>New Democracy Party or PND <br>Party for Social Renewal or PRS <br>Republican Party for Independence and Development or PRID <br>Union for Change or UM
Monday
18 years of age; universal
No
Economy
- rice, groundnuts, cashews, root vegetables, oil palm fruit, plantains, cassava, coconuts, vegetables, sweet potatoes (2023)
- note
- <b>note:</b> top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
- Expenditures
- $450.953 million (2023 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
- Revenues
- $269.794 million (2023 est.)
- code
- XOF
- name
- West African CFA franc (XOF) [Fr]
- $-160,168,523
- Current account balance 2021
- -$14.128 million (2021 est.)
- Current account balance 2022
- -$146.64 million (2022 est.)
- Current account balance 2023
- -$160.169 million (2023 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
- $1.43 billion
- Debt - external 2023
- $896.812 million (2023 est.)
- Note
- <strong>note:</strong> present value of external debt in current US dollars
extremely poor West African economy; ethnically diverse labor force; increasing government expenditures; slight inflation due to food supply disruptions; major cashew exporter; systemic banking instabilities and corruption; vulnerable to oil price shocks
- Currency
- Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -
- Exchange rates 2020
- 575.586 (2020 est.)
- Exchange rates 2021
- 554.531 (2021 est.)
- Exchange rates 2022
- 623.76 (2022 est.)
- Exchange rates 2023
- 606.57 (2023 est.)
- Exchange rates 2024
- 606.345 (2024 est.)
- $262.82 million
- Exports 2021
- $334.904 million (2021 est.)
- Exports 2022
- $280.065 million (2022 est.)
- Exports 2023
- $284.5 million (2023 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
- coconuts/brazil nuts/cashews, fish, fish oil, processed crustaceans, malt extract (2023)
- note
- <b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars
- India 66%, Chile 9%, Cote d'Ivoire 5%, Ghana 4%, Netherlands 3% (2023)
- note
- <b>note:</b> top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
- net inflows
- $26.65 million
- Exports of goods and services
- 12.5% (2024 est.)
- Government consumption
- 17.8% (2024 est.)
- Household consumption
- 77% (2024 est.)
- Imports of goods and services
- -28.2% (2024 est.)
- Investment in fixed capital
- 22.8% (2024 est.)
- Investment in inventories
- -1.9% (2024 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection
- Agriculture
- 36.8% (2024 est.)
- Industry
- 16.6% (2024 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
- Services
- 42.1% (2024 est.)
- $2.12 billion (2024 est.)
- note
- <b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate
$1,008
- 50.7 (2010)
- Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2021
- 33.4 (2021 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality
$2.24 billion
$990
25 % of GDP
- Highest 10%
- 26.1% (2021 est.)
- Lowest 10%
- 3.4% (2021 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population
- $598.06 million
- Imports 2021
- $518.162 million (2021 est.)
- Imports 2022
- $577.899 million (2022 est.)
- Imports 2023
- $592.095 million (2023 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
- refined petroleum, iron bars, rice, plastics, flavored water (2023)
- note
- <b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars
- Senegal 28%, Portugal 24%, China 11%, Gambia, The 10%, Pakistan 4% (2023)
- note
- <b>note:</b> top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
- 8% (2024 est.)
- note
- <b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency
agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
- 3.77%
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022
- 9.4% (2022 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023
- 7.1% (2023 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024
- 3.8% (2024 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices
- 845,300 (2024 est.)
- note
- <b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
- total
- 899,220 persons
- agriculture
- 61.07%
- industry
- 9.71%
- services
- 29.21%
- 50.5% (2021 est.)
- note
- <b>note:</b> % of population with income below national poverty line
- Public debt 2016
- 57.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
- $6.87 billion
- Note
- <b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022
- $5.399 billion (2022 est.)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023
- $5.64 billion (2023 est.)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
- $5.912 billion (2024 est.)
- 4.15%
- Note
- <b>note:</b> annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
- Real GDP growth rate 2022
- 5.6% (2022 est.)
- Real GDP growth rate 2023
- 4.5% (2023 est.)
- Real GDP growth rate 2024
- 4.8% (2024 est.)
- $3,119
- Note
- <b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars
- Real GDP per capita 2022
- $2,600 (2022 est.)
- Real GDP per capita 2023
- $2,600 (2023 est.)
- Real GDP per capita 2024
- $2,700 (2024 est.)
- $217.18 million
- Note
- <b>note:</b> personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
- Remittances 2021
- 11% of GDP (2021 est.)
- Remittances 2022
- 10.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Remittances 2023
- 9.8% of GDP (2023 est.)
11 % of GDP
9 % of GDP
- 8.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
- note
- <b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP
- 2.67%
- Note
- <b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment
- Unemployment rate 2022
- 2.7% (2022 est.)
- Unemployment rate 2023
- 2.7% (2023 est.)
- Unemployment rate 2024
- 2.7% (2024 est.)
- Female
- 2% (2024 est.)
- Male
- 3.4% (2024 est.)
- Note
- <b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment
- Total
- 2.8% (2024 est.)
Energy
- Imports
- 1 metric tons (2023 est.)
- Consumption
- 79.8 million kWh (2023 est.)
- Installed generating capacity
- 29,000 kW (2023 est.)
- Transmission/distribution losses
- 6 million kWh (2023 est.)
- Electrification - rural areas
- 15.8%
- Electrification - total population
- 37.4% (2022 est.)
- Electrification - urban areas
- 61%
- Fossil fuels
- 96.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- hydroelectric
- 0%
- nuclear
- 0%
- renewable
- 7.09%
- Solar
- 3.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Total energy consumption per capita 2023
- 2.351 million Btu/person (2023 est.)
- Refined petroleum consumption
- 2,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
87.4%
Communications
- per 100 inhabitants
- 0 per 100
- Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- (2023 est.) less than 1
- Total
- 7,000 (2023 est.)
1 state-owned TV station, Televisao da Guine-Bissau (TGB) and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, 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 (2019)
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- Percent of population
- 33% (2023 est.)
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- Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- (2022 est.) less than 1
- Total subscriptions
- 0 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100
- 128 per 100
- Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- 126 (2022 est.)
- Total subscriptions
- 2.76 million (2023 est.)
Transportation
7 (2025)
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- By type
- bulk carrier 3, general cargo 12, other 5
- Total
- 20 (2023)
- Key ports
- Bissau, Rio Cacheu
- Large
- 0
- Medium
- 0
- Ports with oil terminals
- 1
- Small
- 0
- Total ports
- 2 (2024)
- Very small
- 2
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Military and Security
the Armed Forces (FARP) are focused on external security, but also has some internal security duties; the FARP and the paramilitary National Guard have been influential in the country’s politics since independence and have attempted several coups; since the 2000s, the FARP has undergone various attempts at defense and security sector reforms under the auspices of the African Union, the EU, the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), and the UN (2025)
- People's Revolutionary Armed Force (Forcas Armadas Revolucionarias do Povo or FARP): Army, Navy, Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Administration: National Guard (a gendarmerie force), Public Order Police, Border Police, Rapid Intervention Police, Maritime Police (2025)
- active duty personnel
- 4,000
- note
- <strong>note: </strong>the Public Order Police is responsible for maintaining law and order, while the Judicial Police, under the Ministry of Justice, has primary responsibility for investigating drug trafficking, terrorism, and other transnational crimes
- percent of total labor force
- 0.53 %
estimated 4,000 active FARP (2025)
the FARP is outfitted mostly with Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2025)
- 1 % of GDP
- current USD
- $25,292,392
- Military Expenditures 2020
- 1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2021
- 1.5% of GDP (2021 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2022
- 1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2023
- 1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)
- Military Expenditures 2024
- 1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)
- percent of central government expenditure
- 5.76 %
- percent of GDP
- 1.23 % of GDP
18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service for men and women (Air Force service is voluntary) (2025)
Transnational Issues
- Refugees
- 54 (2024 est.)
Environment
- From coal and metallurgical coke
- 1 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- From petroleum and other liquids
- 366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- Total emissions
- 366,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
deforestation (overharvesting of trees for timber and agricultural purposes); soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
- Party to
- Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
- Signed, but not ratified
- none of the selected agreements
42.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
13 % of total land area
7 % of total
31.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
- 1 % of internal resources
- Agricultural
- 144 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
- Industrial
- 11.9 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
- Municipal
- 34.1 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
- Municipal solid waste generated annually
- 289,500 tons (2024 est.)
- Percent of municipal solid waste recycled
- 10.1% (2022 est.)