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

Eritrea
0.0614 units per person
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
0.0064 units per person
in 2020
Eritrea rank
1st
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
3rd

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Eritrea
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
00.020.040.060.080.1198520022020

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.0614 units per person against 0.0064 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 0.055 units per person.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 9.6 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

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

Eritrea ranks 1st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 3rd of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1990s 0.035 units per person 0.0103 units per person 0.0247 units per person Eritrea
2000s 0.0761 units per person 0.0089 units per person 0.0672 units per person Eritrea
2010s 0.0652 units per person 0.0071 units per person 0.0581 units per person Eritrea
2020s 0.0614 units per person 0.0064 units per person 0.055 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Eritrea, at 0.0614 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 Eritrea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
0.055 units per person, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
27 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
How do Eritrea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Eritrea ranks 1st 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.