Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Syria: Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0042 units per person
in 2020
Syria
0.0128 units per person
in 2020
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
16th
Syria rank
14th

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Syria
00.010.020.030.04198520022020

How they compare

Syria currently reports 0.0128 units per person against 0.0042 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0086 units per person.

That makes Syria's figure about 3.0 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Syria ranks 14th of 43 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Syria Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0034 units per person 0.0354 units per person 0.032 units per person Syria
1990s 0.0036 units per person 0.0299 units per person 0.0263 units per person Syria
2000s 0.004 units per person 0.022 units per person 0.0181 units per person Syria
2010s 0.0042 units per person 0.0125 units per person 0.0082 units per person Syria
2020s 0.0042 units per person 0.0128 units per person 0.0086 units per person Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Syria?
Syria, at 0.0128 units per person against 0.0042 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Syria?
0.0086 units per person, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Syria?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Syria rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Syria ranks 14th of 43 groups.
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.