Military Strength: Djibouti vs Guinea-Bissau

Djibouti (ranked #142 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Guinea-Bissau (#150) on the ARMS Index. Djibouti fields 13,000 active troops — 3.2:1 Guinea-Bissau's 4,000, backed by 2,000 paramilitary. Djibouti allocates $0.04B to defense compared to $0.03B for Guinea-Bissau.

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DjiboutiWorld #142 11.8

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Djibouti leads on 4 of 6 pillars

Guinea-BissauWorld #150 9.6

46.913K active troops Manpower15 % 39.84,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 26.610 battle tanks
16.829 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
17.10 combat aircraft Air power25 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
11.8$36M budget Defense budget10 % 10.3$27M budget

Djibouti Guinea-Bissau Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.84 vs ×0.87 · Methodology

Key figures

	Djibouti	Guinea-Bissau	Ratio
Defense budget	$36M	$27M	🇩🇯 1.4×
– share of GDP	2.6%	1.2%	🇩🇯 2.2×
Active personnel	13,000	4,000	🇩🇯 3.2×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	29	0	🇩🇯
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	10	🇬🇼
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	2,000	0	🇩🇯
Military aircraft (all types)	17	0	🇩🇯
– helicopters	10	0	🇩🇯
Budget share of govt spending	9.1%	—	🇩🇯
Budget per capita	$41	$12	🇩🇯 3.4×
Population	1.2M	2.2M	🇬🇼 1.9×
GDP	$4.2B	$2.2B	🇩🇯 1.9×
GDP per capita	$3,553	$1,008	🇩🇯 3.5×
Land area	23,180 km²	28,120 km²	🇬🇼 1.2×
Coastline	314 km	350 km	🇬🇼 1.1×