Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Guinea-Bissau We advise caution when travelling to Guinea-Bissau. We detected travel advisories from 2 sources for this specific country.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Guinea-Bissau. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Guinea-Bissau.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Guinea-Bissau.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Guinea-Bissau from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.0 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel to the northwest part of the country that borders the Casamance region in Senegal due to the presence of armed rebel groups (level 3 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Guinea-Bissau. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Guinea-Bissau changed from 2.7 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Guinea-Bissau to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Guinea-Bissau changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Guinea-Bissau with a rating of 2.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Guinea-Bissau with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Guinea-Bissau with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Guinea-Bissau changed from 0.0 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government decreased their existing warning for Guinea-Bissau to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 5.0 (by -1.0).
Guinea-Bissau with its capital Bissau is a country in Africa (Western Africa), slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut (36,120 km²). The country is located Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal. The climate can be described as tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds. The landscape is mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east. With a population of about 1.5 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Bissau |
| Population | about 1.5 million |
| Size | 36.120 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
| Common languages | Portuguese |
| Currency | Franc (short: XOF) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +245 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .gw |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | GW |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | GNB |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 624 |
These are problems Guinea-Bissau is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Guinea-Bissau. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Guinea-Bissau.
Export products
Import products
Guinea-Bissau is currently rated at 3,0 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 2 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Guinea-Bissau.
Visiting the country Guinea-Bissau is usually fine. The score is at 3,0 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 2 individual sources for Guinea-Bissau.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Guinea-Bissau. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau has a size of 36,120 km² or 13,946 mi² which is slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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