GuineaBissau Military - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Military and security forces

People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, Air Force; Guard Nacional (a gendarmerie force under the Ministry of Internal Administration) (2021)

Military expenditures

1.4% of GDP (2017)

1.3% of GDP (2016)

1.6% of GDP (2015)

2% of GDP (2014)

2.1% of GDP (2013)

Military and security service personnel strengths

the People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP) has approximately 4,000 total active troops, including about 300 Navy and 100 Air Force (2020)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the FARP is poorly armed with an inventory consisting of Soviet-era equipment, much of which is reportedly unserviceable; the only reported deliveries of military equipment to  since 2015 were patrol boats from Spain in 2017 and non-lethal equipment from China in 2015; Guinea-Bissau has also discussed acquiring military equipment with Indonesia (2020)

Military service age and obligation

18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2019)

NOTE: The information regarding GuineaBissau on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of GuineaBissau 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about GuineaBissau 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.