Chad vs Guinea
Chad vs Guinea: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 15.5% of government spending in Chad and 10.6% of government spending in Guinea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by 4.9 percentage points, or 1.46 times that in Guinea.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Guinea.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 13 and Guinea ranked 26 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.5 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | 15 | 11.3 |
| 2023 | 11.7 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
| 2021 | 15 | 10 |
| 2020 | 15.4 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | 14.9 | 9.8 |
| 2018 | 17.2 | 10.4 |
| 2017 | 14.8 | 10.2 |
| 2016 | 21.1 | 11.7 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 2014 | 12.8 | 11.1 |
| 2013 | 24.5 | 12.6 |
| 2012 | – | 11.4 |
| 2011 | 22.4 | – |
| 2010 | 23.7 | – |
| 2009 | 30.5 | – |
| 2008 | 31.3 | – |
| 2007 | 26.3 | – |
| 2006 | 21.5 | – |
| 2005 | 7.2 | – |
| 2004 | 7.9 | 12.4 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 12 |
| 2002 | 8.5 | 16.8 |
| 2001 | 8.7 | 15.4 |
| 2000 | 7.5 | 9 |
| 1999 | 7.2 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 6.2 | 8.5 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 1996 | 8.8 | – |
| 1995 | 7.7 | – |
| 1994 | – | 7.7 |
| 1993 | – | 7.2 |
| 1992 | – | 8.8 |
| 1991 | – | 10.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Guinea: 60.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Guinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Guinea: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Guinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Guinea: 14.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Guinea: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Guinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Guinea: 38.5% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Guinea: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Guinea: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Guinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Guinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Guinea: $586M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Guinea: $40 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Guinea: 13,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Guinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Guinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Guinea: 6 million TIV in 2025