Armed forces personnel in Guinea
Guinea: Armed forces personnel was 0.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel in Guinea, 1990–2020
Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 0.3% for armed forces personnel in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel in Guinea peaked at 0.7% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.
Guinea ranks 147th of 171 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.6% | — |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -22.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | +56.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -37.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +42.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -37.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More public sector data for Guinea
- Arms imports 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4066 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 500 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 38.12 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0225 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 11.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 562.46 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4.07 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel in Guinea?
- Armed forces personnel in Guinea was 0.3% in 2020, according to The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- What is the highest armed forces personnel recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1995.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- How does Guinea rank for armed forces personnel?
- Guinea ranks 147th out of 171 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies, published as part of Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.