_#_Literacy: 36% (male 50%, female 24%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 403,000 (est.); agriculture 90%, industry, services, and commerce 5%, government 5%; population of working age 53% (1983)
_#_Organized labor: only one trade union—the National Union of Workers of Guinea-Bissau (UNTG)
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
_#_Type: republic; highly centralized one-party regime since September 1974; the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) held an extraordinary party congress in December 1990 and established a two-year transition program during which the constitution will be revised, allowing for multiple political parties and a presidential election in 1993
_#_Capital: Bissau
_#_Administrative divisions: 9 regions (regioes, singular—regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali
_#_Independence: 24 September 1973 (from Portugal; formerly Portuguese Guinea)
_#_Constitution: 16 May 1984
_#_Legal system: NA