Guinea-Bissau
Military spending in US dollars in Guinea-Bissau
Military spending in US dollars in Guinea-Bissau: $13.7M in 1982 and $21M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $21M
- Since 1982
- +$7.36M
- Rank, 2025
- 146 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $28.5M in 2021, the lowest $3.63M in 1997.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $21M |
| 2024 | $23.2M |
| 2023 | $19M |
| 2022 | $21.4M |
| 2021 | $28.5M |
| 2020 | $28.4M |
| 2019 | $27.3M |
| 2018 | $12.3M |
| 2017 | $23.5M |
| 2016 | $19.8M |
| 2015 | $21.7M |
| 2014 | $23.2M |
| 2013 | $23.1M |
| 2012 | $27.2M |
| 2011 | $18.4M |
| 2010 | $19.8M |
| 2009 | $15.6M |
| 2005 | $17.7M |
| 2003 | $12.6M |
| 2002 | $12.4M |
| 2001 | $13.1M |
| 2000 | $20.2M |
| 1998 | $5.43M |
| 1997 | $3.63M |
| 1996 | $3.93M |
| 1995 | $4.73M |
| 1994 | $4.48M |
| 1989 | $8.38M |
| 1987 | $6.57M |
| 1986 | $8.29M |
| 1985 | $6.22M |
| 1984 | $12.1M |
| 1983 | $22.4M |
| 1982 | $13.7M |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending0.89% of GDP 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