Guinea-Bissau and Tunisia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Tunisia
Leader
Interim president: Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo	President: Moncef Marzouki
Population
1,628,603	10,732,900
Life Expectancy
49.110 years	75.240 years
Capital City
	Tunis
Largest city
Bissau (population: 388,028)	Tunis (population: 693,210)
Human Development Index
0.383	0.762
GDP per capita
	$9,600 US
Literacy Rate
42.4%	74.3%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14%	19.9%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	18.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
	20 March 1956 (from France)
Religions
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%	Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
Exports
	clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
External Debt
	$23,210,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	1
Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
Area
36,125 km sq	163,610 km sq
Coastline
350 km	1,148 km
Climate
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds	temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

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Guinea-Bissau vs Tunisia