Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Guinea

Guinea (ranked #123 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burkina Faso (#124) on the ARMS Index. Burkina Faso fields 11,000 active troops vs 13,000 for Guinea, backed by 1,500 paramilitary. Burkina Faso allocates $1B to defense compared to $0.5B for Guinea.

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Burkina FasoWorld #124 15.3

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Guinea leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

GuineaWorld #123 15.6

48.011K active troops Manpower15 % 46.213K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 24.98 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
24.43 combat aircraft Air power25 % 10.70 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
33.6$1B budget Defense budget10 % 28.5$525M budget

Burkina Faso Guinea Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.06 vs ×1.03 · Methodology

Key figures

	Burkina Faso	Guinea	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$525M	🇧🇫 2.0×
– share of GDP	4.5%	2.1%	🇧🇫 2.1×
Active personnel	11,000	13,000	🇬🇳 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)	26	7	🇧🇫 3.7×
– helicopters	19	7	🇧🇫 2.7×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$44	$36	🇧🇫 1.2×
Population	23.5M	14.8M	🇧🇫 1.6×
GDP	$23B	$25B	🇬🇳 1.1×
GDP per capita	$982	$1,695	🇬🇳 1.7×
Land area	273,602 km²	245,717 km²	🇧🇫 1.1×
Coastline	0 km	320 km	🇬🇳