El Salvador vs Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

El Salvador
0.0067 units per person
in 2020
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
0.0017 units per person
in 2020
El Salvador rank
39th
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank
39th

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0067 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), a difference of 0.005 units per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 4.0 times Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s.

Across all 32 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 39th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 39th of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0085 units per person 0.0027 units per person 0.0058 units per person El Salvador
1990s 0.0077 units per person 0.003 units per person 0.0047 units per person El Salvador
2000s 0.0045 units per person 0.0025 units per person 0.002 units per person El Salvador
2010s 0.0062 units per person 0.0022 units per person 0.004 units per person El Salvador
2020s 0.0067 units per person 0.0017 units per person 0.0051 units per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, El Salvador or Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
El Salvador, at 0.0067 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between El Salvador and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
0.005 units per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
32 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 39th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 39th 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.