Guinea-Bissau
Military spending in Guinea-Bissau
Military spending in Guinea-Bissau: 0.01% of GDP in 1982 and 0.89% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.89% of GDP
- Since 1982
- +0.88 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 118 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.63% of GDP in 2000, the lowest 0.01% of GDP in 1982.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.89 |
| 2024 | 1.04 |
| 2023 | 0.89 |
| 2022 | 1.07 |
| 2021 | 1.46 |
| 2020 | 1.52 |
| 2019 | 1.49 |
| 2018 | 0.69 |
| 2017 | 1.32 |
| 2016 | 1.27 |
| 2015 | 1.48 |
| 2014 | 1.89 |
| 2013 | 1.96 |
| 2012 | 2.33 |
| 2011 | 1.52 |
| 2010 | 1.82 |
| 2009 | 1.55 |
| 2005 | 1.9 |
| 2003 | 1.58 |
| 2002 | 1.56 |
| 2001 | 1.63 |
| 2000 | 2.63 |
| 1998 | 1.41 |
| 1997 | 0.65 |
| 1996 | 0.57 |
| 1995 | 0.5 |
| 1994 | 0.32 |
| 1989 | 0.18 |
| 1987 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 0.01 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Guinea-Bissau in numbers
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- Military spending in US dollars$21M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending 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