East Asia & Pacific vs Singapore: Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

East Asia & Pacific
0.0033 units per person
in 2020
Singapore
0.0104 units per person
in 2020
East Asia & Pacific rank
22nd
Singapore rank
22nd

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • East Asia & Pacific
  • Singapore
00.010.020.030.040.05198520022020

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 0.0104 units per person against 0.0033 units per person in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 0.0071 units per person.

That makes Singapore's figure about 3.1 times East Asia & Pacific's.

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

East Asia & Pacific ranks 22nd and Singapore ranks 22nd of 43 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific Singapore Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0049 units per person 0.0196 units per person 0.0147 units per person Singapore
1990s 0.0045 units per person 0.0262 units per person 0.0217 units per person Singapore
2000s 0.0042 units per person 0.0375 units per person 0.0333 units per person Singapore
2010s 0.0037 units per person 0.0228 units per person 0.0191 units per person Singapore
2020s 0.0033 units per person 0.0104 units per person 0.007 units per person Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, East Asia & Pacific or Singapore?
Singapore, at 0.0104 units per person against 0.0033 units per person in East Asia & Pacific as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between East Asia & Pacific and Singapore?
0.0071 units per person, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Singapore?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Singapore rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 22nd and Singapore ranks 22nd of 43 groups.
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.