Military Strength: Guinea vs Madagascar

Guinea (ranked #128 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Madagascar (#133) on the ATLAS Index. Guinea fields 13,000 active troops vs 22,000 for Madagascar, backed by 8,100 paramilitary. Guinea's $0.5B defense budget is 4.3:1 that of Madagascar ($0.1B).

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GuineaWorld #128 10.2

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Guinea leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

MadagascarWorld #133 9.5

23.313K active troops Manpower10 % 25.222K active troops
15.78 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 14.26 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
9.10 combat aircraft Air power25 % 9.70 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.5$525M budget Defense budget15 % 10.7$122M budget

Guinea Madagascar 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

	Guinea	Madagascar	Ratio
Defense budget	$525M	$122M	🇬🇳 4.3×
– share of GDP	2.1%	0.7%	🇬🇳 3.0×
Active personnel	13,000	22,000	🇲🇬 1.7×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	8	6	🇬🇳 1.3×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	1,500	8,100	🇲🇬 5.4×
Military aircraft (all types)	7	4	🇬🇳 1.8×
– helicopters	7	4	🇬🇳 1.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$36	$4	🇬🇳 9.3×
Population	14.8M	32M	🇲🇬 2.2×
GDP	$25B	$17B	🇬🇳 1.4×
GDP per capita	$1,695	$545	🇬🇳 3.1×
Land area	245,717 km²	581,540 km²	🇲🇬 2.4×
Coastline	320 km	4,828 km	🇲🇬 15×