Guinea-Bissau vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Guinea-Bissau
0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 1993
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
9th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
8th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
00.050.10.15196019922024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 0.0075 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 12.8 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 9th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th of 169 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0588 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0644 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0056 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1980s 0.038 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0112 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Guinea-Bissau
1990s 0.0162 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0047 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp, Guinea-Bissau or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 1993.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Guinea-Bissau and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
0.0075 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
13 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 1993.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 9th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
213 places, 8,924 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.