Guinea
Military share of state spending in Guinea
Military share of state spending in Guinea: 10.5% of government spending in 1991 and 10.6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 10.6% of government spending
- Since 1991
- +0.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 26 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 16.8% of government spending in 2002, the lowest 6.7% of government spending in 1997.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | 11.3 |
| 2023 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | 14.6 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | 9.8 |
| 2018 | 10.4 |
| 2017 | 10.2 |
| 2016 | 11.7 |
| 2015 | 11.6 |
| 2014 | 11.1 |
| 2013 | 12.6 |
| 2012 | 11.4 |
| 2004 | 12.4 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2002 | 16.8 |
| 2001 | 15.4 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 1999 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 8.5 |
| 1997 | 6.7 |
| 1994 | 7.7 |
| 1993 | 7.2 |
| 1992 | 8.8 |
| 1991 | 10.5 |
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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Military
- Military spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$586M in 2025
- Military spending per person$40 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel13,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025