Military Strength: Guinea-Bissau vs Somalia

Guinea-Bissau (ranked #150 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Somalia (#153) on the ARMS Index. Somalia fields 14,000 active troops — 3.5:1 Guinea-Bissau's 4,000. Somalia's $0.2B defense budget is 7.5:1 that of Guinea-Bissau ($0.03B).

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Guinea-BissauWorld #150 9.6

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Guinea-Bissau leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

SomaliaWorld #153 8.1

39.84,000 active troops Manpower15 % 51.714K active troops
26.610 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
0.00 combat aircraft Air power25 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
10.3$27M budget Defense budget10 % 21.8$199M budget

Guinea-Bissau Somalia Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.87 vs ×0.91 · Methodology

Key figures

	Guinea-Bissau	Somalia	Ratio
Defense budget	$27M	$199M	🇸🇴 7.5×
– share of GDP	1.2%	1.5%	🇸🇴 1.3×
Active personnel	4,000	14,000	🇸🇴 3.5×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	10	0	🇬🇼
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	0	—
Military aircraft (all types)	0	0	—
– helicopters	0	0	—
Budget share of govt spending	—	20.8%	🇸🇴
Budget per capita	$12	$10	🇬🇼 1.2×
Population	2.2M	19M	🇸🇴 8.6×
GDP	$2.2B	$12B	🇸🇴 5.4×
GDP per capita	$1,008	$630	🇬🇼 1.6×
Land area	28,120 km²	627,337 km²	🇸🇴 22×
Coastline	350 km	3,333 km	🇸🇴 9.5×