Guinea vs Tanzania
Guinea vs Tanzania: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $40 in Guinea and $15 in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by $25, or 2.71 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $40 | $15 |
| 2024 | $39 | $14 |
| 2023 | $35 | $15 |
| 2022 | $32 | $14 |
| 2021 | $18 | $12 |
| 2020 | $16 | $11 |
| 2019 | $15 | $11 |
| 2018 | $16 | $11 |
| 2017 | $15 | $10 |
| 2016 | $14 | $10 |
| 2015 | $19 | $10 |
| 2014 | $17 | $10 |
| 2013 | $18 | $9 |
| 2012 | $16 | $8 |
| 2011 | – | $7 |
| 2010 | – | $6 |
| 2009 | – | $5 |
| 2008 | – | $5 |
| 2007 | – | $4 |
| 2006 | – | $4 |
| 2005 | – | $4 |
| 2004 | $9 | $3 |
| 2003 | $10 | $3 |
| 2002 | $11 | $4 |
| 2001 | $10 | $4 |
| 2000 | $6 | $4 |
| 1999 | $7 | $4 |
| 1998 | $6 | $4 |
| 1997 | $6 | $4 |
| 1996 | – | $3 |
| 1995 | – | $3 |
| 1994 | $6 | $2 |
| 1993 | $6 | $2 |
| 1992 | $8 | $4 |
| 1991 | $11 | $4 |
| 1990 | – | $3 |
| 1989 | – | $4 |
| 1988 | – | $5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 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
Guinea vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuinea: 6 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025