Guinea's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) was 1.61% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.91 percentage points from 2.52% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.61% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.52% | 2006 |
| Highest | 5.49% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 0.74% | 2005 |
| Average since 2007 | 3.14% | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 1.43% | 2000 |
Since 2000 it is up 0.18 percentage points from 1.43% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2016, Guinea's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) rose 0.75 percentage points on 2015 (from 0.86% to 1.61%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2015), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.92 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.97 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.84 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 1.61% | 2016 |
| World | 13.42% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.2% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 6.82% | 2024 |
What this measures
Information and communication technology goods imports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology goods (miscellaneous).
Limitations: Detailed trade data are widely available from country trade statistics. These are collected by the UNSD and published in their UN COMTRADE database. The ICT goods trade indicators are usually compiled by interested international and national agencies using COMTRADE data. Concepts are therefore consistent with those applying to the COMTRADE database. The main statistical issue associated with this indicator appears to be the different treatment of re-exports and re-imports by countries, depending on whether the Special or General Trade System is used.2 Re-imports are separately reported for some countries and the value of ICT re-imports (which is included in the value of ICT imports for those…
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 12 values
| Year | ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1.61 |
| 2015 | 0.86 |
| 2014 | 3.14 |
| 2013 | 2.61 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 5.49 |
| 2006 |
ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.72% (2024)
- Benin — 2.37% (2024)
- Botswana — 2.77% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 1.38% (2024)
- Burundi — 1.84% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 2.74% (2024)
- Cameroon — 1.66% (2023)
- Central African Republic — 3.23% (2024)
- Comoros — 1.42% (2021)
- Congo, Rep. — 1.78% (2023)
More infrastructure data for Guinea
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 0 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 14.1 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 97.88 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 33.3% (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$36.86 million (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 51.77% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 54.9 (2023)
- Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 9.17 (2021)
- Secure Internet servers
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Questions people ask
- What is Guinea's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)?
- 1.61% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 0.18 percentage points from 1.43% in 2000. The highest value was 5.49% in 2007 and the lowest 0.74% in 2005.
- Is the latest change in ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) unusual for Guinea?
- In 2016, Guinea's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) rose 0.75 percentage points on 2015 (from 0.86% to 1.61%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2015), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.92 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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