Brunei Darussalam vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

Brunei Darussalam
0.0179 units per person
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
0.0064 units per person
in 2020
Brunei Darussalam rank
5th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
3rd

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
0.010.020.03198520022020

How they compare

Brunei Darussalam currently reports 0.0179 units per person against 0.0064 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 0.0115 units per person.

That makes Brunei Darussalam's figure about 2.8 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

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

Brunei Darussalam ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 3rd of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Darussalam Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0174 units per person 0.0115 units per person 0.006 units per person Brunei Darussalam
1990s 0.0225 units per person 0.0101 units per person 0.0124 units per person Brunei Darussalam
2000s 0.0274 units per person 0.0089 units per person 0.0185 units per person Brunei Darussalam
2010s 0.022 units per person 0.0071 units per person 0.0149 units per person Brunei Darussalam
2020s 0.0179 units per person 0.0064 units per person 0.0115 units per person Brunei Darussalam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Brunei Darussalam or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Brunei Darussalam, at 0.0179 units per person against 0.0064 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between Brunei Darussalam and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
0.0115 units per person, with Brunei Darussalam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei Darussalam and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Brunei Darussalam and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Brunei Darussalam ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 3rd 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.