Brunei vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

Brunei
0.0179 units per person
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
0.0061 units per person
in 2020
Brunei rank
5th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
4th

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Brunei
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
0.010.020.03198520022020

How they compare

Brunei currently reports 0.0179 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 0.0118 units per person.

That makes Brunei's figure about 2.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Brunei has been ahead every year.

Brunei ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 4th of 173 countries.

Brunei has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0174 units per person 0.0111 units per person 0.0063 units per person Brunei
1990s 0.0225 units per person 0.0096 units per person 0.0129 units per person Brunei
2000s 0.0274 units per person 0.0085 units per person 0.019 units per person Brunei
2010s 0.022 units per person 0.0068 units per person 0.0152 units per person Brunei
2020s 0.0179 units per person 0.0061 units per person 0.0118 units per person Brunei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Brunei or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Brunei, at 0.0179 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between Brunei and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
0.0118 units per person, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Brunei and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Brunei ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 4th of 173 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Armed forces personnel, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Armed forces personnel, total, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
219 places, 6,823 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.