Guinea vs Malawi
Guinea vs Malawi: Arms imports
Arms imports: 6 million TIV in Guinea in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guinea, by 4 million TIV, or 3 times that in Malawi.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guinea has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Malawi.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 2 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 19 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 4 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 0 | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 3 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5 million | 2 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 3 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 4 million | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 3 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 26 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 4 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 11 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 40 million | 4 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 39 million | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 7 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | 14 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 14 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 69 million | 8 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 45 million | 7 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | 6 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 18 million | 2 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 2 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 5 million | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 4 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 7 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | 5 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 33 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guinea vs Malawi
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Malawi: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Malawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Malawi: 3.45% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Malawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Malawi: 21.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Malawi: 2.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Malawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Malawi: 17.6% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Malawi: 17.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Malawi: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Malawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Malawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Malawi: $128M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Malawi: $7 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Malawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Malawi: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Malawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Malawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020