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

Laos
0.0176 units per person
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0061 units per person
in 2020
Laos rank
6th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
5th

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Laos
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0050.010.0150.020.0250.03198520022020

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.0176 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0115 units per person.

That makes Laos's figure about 2.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

Laos ranks 6th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Laos Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0139 units per person 0.0111 units per person 0.0027 units per person Laos
1990s 0.0179 units per person 0.0095 units per person 0.0083 units per person Laos
2000s 0.0222 units per person 0.0085 units per person 0.0137 units per person Laos
2010s 0.0191 units per person 0.0068 units per person 0.0123 units per person Laos
2020s 0.0176 units per person 0.0061 units per person 0.0115 units per person Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Laos or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Laos, at 0.0176 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 Laos and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0115 units per person, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Laos and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Laos ranks 6th 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.