Eritrea vs Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

Eritrea
0.0614 units per person
in 2020
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
0.0071 units per person
in 2020
Eritrea rank
1st
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
1st

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Eritrea
  • Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
00.020.040.060.080.1199220062020

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.0614 units per person against 0.0071 units per person in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.0543 units per person.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 8.7 times Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 27 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 1st and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 1st of 173 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1990s 0.035 units per person 0.0099 units per person 0.0251 units per person Eritrea
2000s 0.0761 units per person 0.0083 units per person 0.0678 units per person Eritrea
2010s 0.0652 units per person 0.0071 units per person 0.0582 units per person Eritrea
2020s 0.0614 units per person 0.0071 units per person 0.0543 units per person Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Eritrea or Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Eritrea, at 0.0614 units per person against 0.0071 units per person in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
0.0543 units per person, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
27 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
How do Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Eritrea ranks 1st and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 1st 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.