_#_Electricity: 113,000 kW capacity; 300 million kWh produced, 40 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: bauxite mining, alumina, gold, diamond mining, light manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 40% of GDP (includes fishing and forestry); mostly subsistence farming; principal products—rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava, bananas, sweet potatoes, timber; livestock—cattle, sheep and goats; not self-sufficient in food grains
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $227 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $1,075 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $120 million; Communist countries (1970-88), $446 million
_#_Currency: Guinean franc (plural—francs); 1 Guinean franc (FG) = 100 centimes
_#_Exchange rates: Guinean francs (FG) per US$1—24.39 (1989), 19.23 (1988), 17.54 (1987), 14.29 (1986), NA (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 1,045 km; 806 km 1.000-meter gauge, 239 km 1.435-meter standard gauge
_#_Highways: 30,100 km total; 1,145 km paved, 12,955 km gravel or laterite (of which barely 4,500 km are currently all-weather roads), 16,000 km unimproved earth (1987)
_#_Inland waterways: 1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft