Guinea-Bissau
Military share of state spending in Guinea-Bissau
Military share of state spending in Guinea-Bissau: 1.1% of government spending in 1994 and 4.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.7% of government spending
- Since 1994
- +3.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 85 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 18% of government spending in 2012, the lowest 1.1% of government spending in 1994.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 5.1 |
| 2021 | 5.9 |
| 2020 | 6.3 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 7.3 |
| 2016 | 6.2 |
| 2015 | 6.9 |
| 2014 | 8.2 |
| 2013 | 15.8 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2011 | 8.8 |
| 2010 | 9.8 |
| 2009 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 9.4 |
| 2003 | 8 |
| 2002 | 9.7 |
| 2001 | 7.9 |
| 2000 | 10.4 |
| 1998 | 5.6 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2.3 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1.1 |
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.
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Guinea-Bissau in numbers
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- Military spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$21M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.53% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 1993