North Korea vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

North Korea
0.0562 units per person
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0061 units per person
in 2020
North Korea rank
2nd
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
5th

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • North Korea
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
00.020.040.06198520022020

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 0.0562 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0501 units per person.

That makes North Korea's figure about 9.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

North Korea ranks 2nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0464 units per person 0.0111 units per person 0.0352 units per person North Korea
1990s 0.0533 units per person 0.0095 units per person 0.0438 units per person North Korea
2000s 0.0531 units per person 0.0085 units per person 0.0447 units per person North Korea
2010s 0.0555 units per person 0.0068 units per person 0.0487 units per person North Korea
2020s 0.0562 units per person 0.0061 units per person 0.0502 units per person North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, North Korea or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
North Korea, at 0.0562 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between North Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0501 units per person, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do North Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
North Korea ranks 2nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 5th 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.