Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Guinea

Burkina Faso (ranked #123 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Guinea (#128) on the ATLAS Index. Burkina Faso fields 11,200 active troops vs 9,700 for Guinea, backed by 5,000 paramilitary. Burkina Faso allocates $1B to defense compared to $0.5B for Guinea.

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Burkina FasoWorld #123 10.6

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Burkina Faso leads on 3 of 6 pillars

GuineaWorld #128 10.2

25.911K active troops Manpower10 % 23.39,700 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 15.68 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
17.23 combat aircraft Air power25 % 9.10 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
24.0$1B budget Defense budget15 % 15.5$525M budget

Burkina Faso Guinea Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Burkina Faso	Guinea	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$525M	🇧🇫 2.0×
– share of GDP	4.5%	2.1%	🇧🇫 2.1×
Active personnel	11,200	9,700	🇧🇫 1.2×
Combat aircraft	3	0	🇧🇫
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	8	🇬🇳
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	5,000	1,500	🇧🇫 3.3×
Military aircraft (all types)	33	7	🇧🇫 4.7×
– helicopters	19	7	🇧🇫 2.7×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$43	$35	🇧🇫 1.2×
Population	24.1M	15.1M	🇧🇫 1.6×
GDP	$28B	$28B	🇬🇳 ≈
GDP per capita	$1,148	$1,877	🇬🇳 1.6×
Land area	273,602 km²	245,717 km²	🇧🇫 1.1×
Coastline	0 km	320 km	🇬🇳