factbook.json/africa/gn-guinea.json

{
  "intro": {
    "background": {
      "text": "Guinea has had a history of authoritarian rule since gaining its independence from France in 1958. Lansana CONTE came to power in 1984 when the military seized the government after the death of the first president, Sekou TOURE. Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government. He was reelected in 1998 and again in 2003, though all the polls were marred by irregularities. History repeated itself in December 2008 when following President CONTE's death, Capt. Moussa Dadis CAMARA led a military coup, seizing power and suspending the constitution. His unwillingness to yield to domestic and international pressure to step down led to heightened political tensions that culminated in September 2009 when presidential guards opened fire on an opposition rally killing more than 150 people, and in early December 2009 when CAMARA was wounded in an assassination attempt and evacuated to Morocco and subsequently to Burkina Faso. A transitional government led by Gen. Sekouba KONATE held democratic elections in 2010 and Alpha CONDE was elected president in the country's first free and fair elections since independence. CONDE in July 2011 survived an attack on his residence allegedly perpetrated by the military. In October 2012, he announced a cabinet reshuffle that removed three members of the military from their positions, making the current administration Guinea's first all-civilian government."
    }
  },
  "geo": {
    "location": {
      "text": "Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone"
    },
    "geographic_coordinates": {
      "text": "11 00 N, 10 00 W"
    },
    "map_references": {
      "text": "Africa"
    },
    "area": {
      "total": "245,857 sq km",
      "land": "245,717 sq km",
      "water": "140 sq km"
    },
    "area_comparative": {
      "text": "slightly smaller than Oregon"
    },
    "land_boundaries": {
      "total": "3,399 km",
      "border_countries": "Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km"
    },
    "coastline": {
      "text": "320 km"
    },
    "maritime_claims": {
      "territorial_sea": "12 nm",
      "exclusive_economic_zone": "200 nm"
    },
    "climate": {
      "text": "generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds"
    },
    "terrain": {
      "text": "generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior"
    },
    "elevation_extremes": {
      "lowest_point": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m",
      "highest_point": "Mont Nimba 1,752 m"
    },
    "natural_resources": {
      "text": "bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt"
    },
    "land_use": {
      "arable_land": "11.59%",
      "permanent_crops": "2.81%",
      "other": "85.6% (2011)"
    },
    "irrigated_land": {
      "text": "949.2 sq km (2003)"
    },
    "total_renewable_water_resources": {
      "text": "226 cu km (2011)"
    },
    "freshwater_withdrawal_domestic_industrial_agricultural": {
      "total": "0.55  cu km/yr (39%/10%/51%)",
      "per_capita": "64.3  cu m/yr (2005)"
    },
    "natural_hazards": {
      "text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season"
    },
    "environment_current_issues": {
      "text": "deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage"
    },
    "environment_international_agreements": {
      "party_to": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling",
      "signed_but_not_ratified": "none of the selected agreements"
    },
    "geography_note": {
      "text": "the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands"
    }
  },
  "people": {
    "nationality": {
      "noun": "Guinean(s)",
      "adjective": "Guinean"
    },
    "ethnic_groups": {
      "text": "Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%"
    },
    "languages": {
      "text": "French (official)",
      "note": "each ethnic group has its own language"
    },
    "religions": {
      "text": "Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%"
    },
    "population": {
      "text": "11,176,026 (July 2013 est.)"
    },
    "age_structure": {
      "0_14_years": "42.2% (male 2,383,432/female 2,333,960)",
      "15_24_years": "19.4% (male 1,096,664/female 1,075,842)",
      "25_54_years": "30.4% (male 1,700,026/female 1,691,910)",
      "55_64_years": "4.4% (male 235,705/female 259,752)",
      "65_years_and_over": "3.6% (male 175,896/female 222,839) (2013 est.)"
    },
    "dependency_ratios": {
      "total_dependency_ratio": "83.2 %",
      "youth_dependency_ratio": "77.5 %",
      "elderly_dependency_ratio": "5.7 %",
      "potential_support_ratio": "17.5 (2013)"
    },
    "median_age": {
      "total": "18.6 years",
      "male": "18.4 years",
      "female": "18.8 years (2013 est.)"
    },
    "population_growth_rate": {
      "text": "2.64% (2013 est.)"
    },
    "birth_rate": {
      "text": "36.3 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
    },
    "death_rate": {
      "text": "9.94 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
    },
    "net_migration_rate": {
      "text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
    },
    "urbanization": {
      "urban_population": "35.4% of total population (2011)",
      "rate_of_urbanization": "3.86% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
    },
    "major_urban_areas_population": {
      "text": "CONAKRY (capital) 1.597 million (2009)"
    },
    "sex_ratio": {
      "at_birth": "1.03 male(s)/female",
      "0_14_years": "1.02 male(s)/female",
      "15_24_years": "1.02 male(s)/female",
      "25_54_years": "1 male(s)/female",
      "55_64_years": "0.9 male(s)/female",
      "65_years_and_over": "0.79 male(s)/female",
      "total_population": "1 male(s)/female (2013 est.)"
    },
    "mother_s_mean_age_at_first_birth": {
      "text": "18.8 (2005 est.)"
    },
    "maternal_mortality_rate": {
      "text": "610 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)"
    },
    "infant_mortality_rate": {
      "total": "57.11 deaths/1,000 live births",
      "male": "60.14 deaths/1,000 live births",
      "female": "53.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)"
    },
    "life_expectancy_at_birth": {
      "total_population": "59.11 years",
      "male": "57.6 years",
      "female": "60.66 years (2013 est.)"
    },
    "total_fertility_rate": {
      "text": "4.99 children born/woman (2013 est.)"
    },
    "contraceptive_prevalence_rate": {
      "text": "5.6% (2012)"
    },
    "health_expenditures": {
      "text": "4.9% of GDP (2010)"
    },
    "physicians_density": {
      "text": "0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2005)"
    },
    "hospital_bed_density": {
      "text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
    },
    "drinking_water_source": {
      "improved": "urban: 90% of population; rural: 65% of population; total: 74% of population",
      "unimproved": "urban: 10% of population; rural: 35% of population; total: 26% of population (2010 est.)"
    },
    "sanitation_facility_access": {
      "improved": "urban: 32% of population; rural: 11% of population; total: 18% of population",
      "unimproved": "urban: 68% of population; rural: 89% of population; total: 82% of population (2010 est.)"
    },
    "hiv_aids_adult_prevalence_rate": {
      "text": "1.3% (2009 est.)"
    },
    "hiv_aids_people_living_with_hiv_aids": {
      "text": "79,000 (2009 est.)"
    },
    "hiv_aids_deaths": {
      "text": "4,700 (2009 est.)"
    },
    "major_infectious_diseases": {
      "degree_of_risk": "very high",
      "food_or_waterborne_diseases": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever",
      "vectorborne_diseases": "malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever",
      "water_contact_disease": "schistosomiasis",
      "aerosolized_dust_or_soil_contact_disease": "Lassa fever",
      "animal_contact_disease": "rabies (2013)"
    },
    "obesity_adult_prevalence_rate": {
      "text": "4.4% (2008)"
    },
    "children_under_the_age_of_5_years_underweight": {
      "text": "20.8% (2008)"
    },
    "education_expenditures": {
      "text": "3.1% of GDP (2011)"
    },
    "literacy": {
      "definition": "age 15 and over can read and write",
      "total_population": "41%",
      "male": "52%",
      "female": "30% (2010 est.)"
    },
    "school_life_expectancy_primary_to_tertiary_education": {
      "total": "10 years",
      "male": "11 years",
      "female": "8 years (2011)"
    },
    "child_labor_children_ages_5_14": {
      "total_number": "571,774",
      "percentage": "25 % (2003 est.)"
    }
  },
  "govt": {
    "country_name": {
      "conventional_long_form": "Republic of Guinea",
      "conventional_short_form": "Guinea",
      "local_long_form": "Republique de Guinee",
      "local_short_form": "Guinee",
      "former": "French Guinea"
    },
    "government_type": {
      "text": "republic"
    },
    "capital": {
      "name": "Conakry",
      "geographic_coordinates": "9 30 N, 13 42 W",
      "time_difference": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)"
    },
    "administrative_divisions": {
      "text": "33 prefectures and 1 special zone (zone special)*; Beyla, Boffa, Boke, Conakry*, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Dubreka, Faranah, Forecariah, Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane, Kindia, Kissidougou, Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma, Lola, Macenta, Mali, Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri, Telimele, Tougue, Yomou"
    },
    "independence": {
      "text": "2 October 1958 (from France)"
    },
    "national_holiday": {
      "text": "Independence Day, 2 October (1958)"
    },
    "constitution": {
      "text": "7 May 2010 (Loi Fundamentale)"
    },
    "legal_system": {
      "text": "civil law system based on the French model"
    },
    "international_law_organization_participation": {
      "text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
    },
    "suffrage": {
      "text": "18 years of age; universal"
    },
    "executive_branch": {
      "chief_of_state": "President Alpha CONDE (since 21 December 2010)",
      "head_of_government": "Prime Minister Mohamed Said FOFANA (since 24 December 2010)",
      "cabinet": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president",
      "elections": "president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected president; election last held on 27 June 2010 with a runoff election held on 7 November 2010",
      "election_results": "Alpha CONDE elected president in a runoff election; percent of vote Alpha CONDE 52.5%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO 47.5%"
    },
    "legislative_branch": {
      "text": "the legislature was dissolved by junta leader Moussa Dadis CAMARA in December 2008 and in February 2010, the Transition Government appointed a 155 member National Transition Council (CNT) that has since acted in the legislature's place",
      "elections": "last held on 30 June 2002 (next election scheduled for 24 September 2013)"
    },
    "judicial_branch": {
      "highest_courts": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into Constitutional, Civil, Penal, Commercial, and Administrative Chambers, and Chamber of Accounts; court consists of the first president, chamber presidents, and NA members)",
      "judge_selection_and_term_of_office": "court first president appointed by the national president after consultation with the National Assembly; other members appointed by presidential decree; member tenure NA",
      "subordinate_courts": "Courts of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; courts of first instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; labor court; military tribunal; High Court of Justice; justices of the peace"
    },
    "political_parties_and_leaders": {
      "text": "National Party for Hope and Development or PEDN [Lansana KOUYATE]; Rally for the Guinean People or RPG [Alpha CONDE]; Union for the Progress of Guinea or UPG [Jean Marie DORE]; Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea or UFDG [Cellou Dalein DIALLO]; Union of Republican Forces or UFR [Sidya TOURE]; ",
      "note": "listed are the five most popular parties as of December 2012; overall, there are more than 130 registered parties"
    },
    "political_pressure_groups_and_leaders": {
      "text": "National Confederation of Guinean Workers-Labor Union of Guinean Workers or CNTG-USTG Alliance (includes National Confederation of Guinean Workers or CNTG and Labor Union of Guinean Workers or USTG); Syndicate of Guinean Teachers and Researchers or SLECG"
    },
    "international_organization_participation": {
      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
    },
    "diplomatic_representation_in_the_us": {
      "chief_of_mission": "Ambassador Blaise CHERIF",
      "chancery": "2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008",
      "telephone": "[1] (202) 986-4300",
      "fax": "[1] (202) 478-3010"
    },
    "diplomatic_representation_from_the_us": {
      "chief_of_mission": "Ambassador Patricia Newton MOLLER",
      "embassy": "Koloma, Conakry, east of Hamdallaye Circle",
      "mailing_address": "B. P. 603, Transversale No. 2, Centre Administratif de Koloma, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry",
      "telephone": "[224] 65-10-40-00",
      "fax": "[224] 65-10-42-97"
    },
    "flag_description": {
      "text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow stands for the sun, for the riches of the earth, and for justice; green symbolizes the country's vegetation and unity",
      "note": "uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal"
    },
    "national_anthem": {
      "name": "\"Liberte\" (Liberty)",
      "lyrics_music": "unknown/Fodeba KEITA",
      "note": "adopted 1958"
    }
  },
  "econ": {
    "economy_overview": {
      "text": "Guinea is a poor country that possesses major mineral, hydropower, and agricultural resources. The country has almost half of the world's bauxite reserves and significant iron ore, gold, and diamond reserves. However, Guinea has been unable to profit from this potential, as rampant corruption, dilapidated infrastructure, and political uncertainty have drained investor confidence. In the time since a 2008 coup following the death of long-term President Lansana CONTE, international donors, including the G-8, the IMF, and the World Bank, have significantly curtailed their development programs. Throughout 2009, policies of the ruling military junta severely weakened the economy. The junta leaders spent and printed money at an accelerating rate, driving inflation and debt to perilously high levels. In early 2010, the junta collapsed and was replaced by a transition government, which ceded power in December 2010 to the country's first-ever democratically elected president, Alpha CONDE. International assistance and investment are expected to return to Guinea, but the levels will depend upon the ability of the new government to combat corruption, reform its banking system, improve its business environment, and build infrastructure. IMF and World Bank programs will be especially critical as Guinea attempts to gain debt relief. International investors have expressed keen interest in Guinea''s vast iron ore reserves, which could further propel the country''s growth. The government put forward a new mining code in September 2011 that includes provisions to combat corruption, protect the environment, and review all existing mining contracts. Longer range plans to deploy broadband Internet throughout the country could spur economic growth as well."
    },
    "gdp_purchasing_power_parity": {
      "text": "$12.37 billion (2012 est.); $11.9 billion (2011 est.); $11.45 billion (2010 est.)",
      "note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
    },
    "gdp_official_exchange_rate": {
      "text": "$5.632 billion (2012 est.)"
    },
    "gdp_real_growth_rate": {
      "text": "3.9% (2012 est.); 3.9% (2011 est.); 1.9% (2010 est.)"
    },
    "gdp_per_capita_ppp": {
      "text": "$1,100 (2012 est.); $1,100 (2011 est.); $1,100 (2010 est.)",
      "note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
    },
    "gross_national_saving": {
      "text": "-20.9% of GDP (2012 est.); -6.4% of GDP (2011 est.); 3.6% of GDP (2010 est.)"
    },
    "gdp_composition_by_end_use": {
      "household_consumption": "88.6%",
      "government_consumption": "14.7%",
      "investment_in_fixed_capital": "17.4%",
      "investment_in_inventories": "0%",
      "exports_of_goods_and_services": "26.6%",
      "imports_of_goods_and_services": "-47.3% (2012 est.)"
    },
    "gdp_composition_by_sector_of_origin": {
      "agriculture": "22%",
      "industry": "45%",
      "services": "33% (2012 est.)"
    },
    "agriculture_products": {
      "text": "rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (manioc), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber"
    },
    "industries": {
      "text": "bauxite, gold, diamonds, iron; alumina refining; light manufacturing, and agricultural processing"
    },
    "industrial_production_growth_rate": {
      "text": "4.8% (2012 est.)"
    },
    "labor_force": {
      "text": "4.771 million (2012 est.)"
    },
    "labor_force_by_occupation": {
      "agriculture": "76%",
      "industry_and_services": "24% (2006 est.)"
    },
    "unemployment_rate": {
      "text": "NA%"
    },
    "population_below_poverty_line": {
      "text": "47% (2006 est.)"
    },
    "household_income_or_consumption_by_percentage_share": {
      "lowest_10%": "2.7%",
      "highest_10%": "30.3% (2007)"
    },
    "distribution_of_family_income_gini_index": {
      "text": "39.4 (2007); 40.3 (1994)"
    },
    "budget": {
      "revenues": "$1.328 billion",
      "expenditures": "$1.639 billion (2012 est.)"
    },
    "taxes_and_other_revenues": {
      "text": "23.6% of GDP (2012 est.)"
    },
    "budget_surplus_+_or_deficit": {
      "text": "-5.5% of GDP (2012 est.)"
    },
    "fiscal_year": {
      "text": "calendar year"
    },
    "inflation_rate_consumer_prices": {
      "text": "15.2% (2012 est.); 21.4% (2011 est.)"
    },
    "central_bank_discount_rate": {
      "text": "NA% (31 December 2010 est.); 22.25% (31 December 2005)"
    },
    "commercial_bank_prime_lending_rate": {
      "text": "27% (31 December 2012 est.); 28% (31 December 2011 est.)"
    },
    "stock_of_narrow_money": {
      "text": "$1.428 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $1.38 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
    },
    "stock_of_broad_money": {
      "text": "$1.915 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $1.731 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
    },
    "stock_of_domestic_credit": {
      "text": "$1.468 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $1.533 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
    },
    "market_value_of_publicly_traded_shares": {
      "text": "$NA"
    },
    "current_account_balance": {
      "text": "-$1.754 billion (2012 est.); -$1.215 billion (2011 est.)"
    },
    "exports": {
      "text": "$1.348 billion (2012 est.); $1.428 billion (2011 est.)"
    },
    "exports_commodities": {
      "text": "bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products"
    },
    "exports_partners": {
      "text": "India 10.3%, Spain 9.2%, Chile 9%, US 6.9%, Germany 6.1%, Ireland 6%, Ukraine 5.5%, France 4.8% (2012)"
    },
    "imports": {
      "text": "$2.606 billion (2012 est.); $2.097 billion (2011 est.)"
    },
    "imports_commodities": {
      "text": "petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs"
    },
    "imports_partners": {
      "text": "China 14%, Netherlands 7.6% (2012)"
    },
    "reserves_of_foreign_exchange_and_gold": {
      "text": "$174.3 million (31 December 2012 est.); $111.8 million (31 December 2011 est.)"
    },
    "debt_external": {
      "text": "$2.584 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $3.139 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
    },
    "exchange_rates": {
      "text": "Guinean francs (GNF) per US dollar -; 6,986.1 (2012 est.); 6,658 (2011 est.); 5,726.1 (2010 est.); 5,500 (2009); 5,500 (2008)"
    }
  },
  "energy": {
    "electricity_production": {
      "text": "955 million kWh (2009 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_consumption": {
      "text": "888.2 million kWh (2009 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_exports": {
      "text": "0 kWh (2010 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_imports": {
      "text": "0 kWh (2010 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_installed_generating_capacity": {
      "text": "393,000 kW (2009 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_from_fossil_fuels": {
      "text": "68.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_from_nuclear_fuels": {
      "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_from_hydroelectric_plants": {
      "text": "31.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
    },
    "electricity_from_other_renewable_sources": {
      "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)"
    },
    "crude_oil_production": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
    },
    "crude_oil_exports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2009 est.)"
    },
    "crude_oil_imports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2009 est.)"
    },
    "crude_oil_proved_reserves": {
      "text": "0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)"
    },
    "refined_petroleum_products_production": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
    },
    "refined_petroleum_products_consumption": {
      "text": "8,671 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
    },
    "refined_petroleum_products_exports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
    },
    "refined_petroleum_products_imports": {
      "text": "8,970 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
    },
    "natural_gas_production": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
    },
    "natural_gas_consumption": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
    },
    "natural_gas_exports": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
    },
    "natural_gas_imports": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
    },
    "natural_gas_proved_reserves": {
      "text": "0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)"
    },
    "carbon_dioxide_emissions_from_consumption_of_energy": {
      "text": "1.392 million Mt (2010 est.)"
    }
  },
  "comm": {
    "telephones_main_lines_in_use": {
      "text": "18,000 (2011)"
    },
    "telephones_mobile_cellular": {
      "text": "4.5 million (2011)"
    },
    "telephone_system": {
      "general_assessment": "inadequate system of open-wire lines, small radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay system",
      "domestic": "Conakry reasonably well-served; coverage elsewhere remains inadequate and large companies tend to rely on their own systems for nationwide links; fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is expanding and exceeds 40 per 100 persons",
      "international": "country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)"
    },
    "broadcast_media": {
      "text": "government maintains marginal control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a steadily increasing number of privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services (2011)"
    },
    "internet_country_code": {
      "text": ".gn"
    },
    "internet_hosts": {
      "text": "15 (2012)"
    },
    "internet_users": {
      "text": "95,000 (2009)"
    }
  },
  "trans": {
    "airports": {
      "text": "16 (2013)"
    },
    "airports_with_paved_runways": {
      "total": "4",
      "over_3_047_m": "1",
      "1_524_to_2_437_m": "3 (2013)"
    },
    "airports_with_unpaved_runways": {
      "total": "12",
      "1_524_to_2_437_m": "7",
      "914_to_1_523_m": "3",
      "under_914_m": "2 (2013)"
    },
    "railways": {
      "total": "1,185 km",
      "standard_gauge": "238 km 1.435-m gauge",
      "narrow_gauge": "947 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)"
    },
    "roadways": {
      "total": "44,348 km",
      "paved": "4,342 km",
      "unpaved": "40,006 km (2003)"
    },
    "waterways": {
      "text": "1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft in the northern part of the Niger system) (2011)"
    },
    "ports_and_terminals": {
      "major_seaports": "Conakry, Kamsar"
    }
  },
  "military": {
    "military_branches": {
      "text": "National Armed Forces: Army, Guinean Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine Guineenne, includes Marines), Guinean Air Force (Force Aerienne de Guinee) (2009)"
    },
    "military_service_age_and_obligation": {
      "text": "18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 18-month conscript service obligation (2012)"
    },
    "manpower_available_for_military_service": {
      "males_age_16_49": "2,359,203",
      "females_age_16_49": "2,329,784 (2010 est.)"
    },
    "manpower_fit_for_military_service": {
      "males_age_16_49": "1,493,991",
      "females_age_16_49": "1,535,418 (2010 est.)"
    },
    "manpower_reaching_militarily_significant_age_annually": {
      "male": "118,443",
      "female": "115,901 (2010 est.)"
    },
    "military_expenditures": {
      "text": "3.4% of GDP (2011)"
    }
  },
  "issues": {
    "disputes_international": {
      "text": "conflicts among rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in neighboring states have spilled over into Guinea resulting in domestic instability; Sierra Leone considers Guinea's definition of the flood plain limits to define the left bank boundary of the Makona and Moa rivers excessive and protests Guinea's continued occupation of these lands, including the hamlet of Yenga, occupied since 1998"
    },
    "refugees_and_internally_displaced_persons": {
      "refugees_country_of_origin": "6,552 (Cote d'Ivoire); 5,400 (Liberia) (2012)"
    },
    "trafficking_in_persons": {
      "current_situation": "Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg, work as street vendors or shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean children are forced to mine in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and Spain, while Chinese and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution in Guinea",
      "tier_rating": "Tier 2 Watch List - Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; a new police unit has been created to focus on human trafficking and child labor; the government has initiated five new trafficking investigations but has failed to prosecute or convict any trafficking offenders, which represents a decrease in anti-trafficking law enforcement over the previous year; the government fails to provide victims with protective services and has not supported NGOs that assist victims but continues to refer child victims to NGOs on an ad hoc basis; Guinean law does not prohibit all forms of trafficking, excluding, for example, forced prostitution of adults and debt bondage, which are not criminalized (2013)"
    }
  }
}