Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

Nigeria
0.001 units per person
in 2020
Sierra Leone
0.0011 units per person
in 2020
Nigeria rank
149th
Sierra Leone rank
146th

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
0.0010.0020.0030.004198520022020

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0011 units per person against 0.001 units per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 149th and Sierra Leone ranks 146th of 173 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0011 units per person 0.0009 units per person 0.0002 units per person Nigeria
1990s 0.0009 units per person 0.0018 units per person 0.0009 units per person Sierra Leone
2000s 0.0011 units per person 0.002 units per person 0.0009 units per person Sierra Leone
2010s 0.001 units per person 0.0014 units per person 0.0004 units per person Sierra Leone
2020s 0.001 units per person 0.0011 units per person 0.0001 units per person Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.0011 units per person against 0.001 units per person in Nigeria as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
0.0001 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Nigeria ranks 149th and Sierra Leone ranks 146th 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.