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Per capita GDP in Guinea (constant 2000 US$) and share of GDP from agriculture (percent), 1980–2008
400 300 200 100
GDP per capita Share in agriculture
0 1980 1990
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank 2009). Notes: GDP = gross domestic product; US$ = US dollars.
2000 2010
10 15 20 25
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per capita has generally increased since the mid-1980s. By 2009, the share of GDP from agriculture had declined to less than 10 percent. This more recent downward trend in the share of Guinea’s GDP from agriculture reflects stagna- tion in agricultural productivity as well as increased development of other sec- tors of the economy, particularly the mining and service sectors.
Vulnerability to Climate Change Table 7.2 provides some data on indicators of vulnerability and resiliency to economic shocks: level of education, literacy, and concentration of labor in poorer or less dynamic sectors. Guinea’s high enrollment rate at the primary school level contrasts with the very low enrollment in secondary education. More than half of enrolled children drop out in primary school. Some in both urban and rural areas leave school to enroll in vocational apprenticeships to gain employment quickly. In rural areas, parents may keep older children working on the farm, particularly if they have no means of paying their school fees. Girls in secondary schools are frequently forced into marriage at the expense of education.