Singapore vs Upper middle income: Armed forces personnel, total, per capita

Singapore
0.0104 units per person
in 2020
Upper middle income
0.0033 units per person
in 2020
Singapore rank
22nd
Upper middle income rank
23rd

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita over time

  • Singapore
  • Upper middle income
00.010.020.030.040.05198520022020

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 0.0104 units per person against 0.0033 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0071 units per person.

That makes Singapore's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.

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

Singapore ranks 22nd and Upper middle income ranks 23rd of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Singapore Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0196 units per person 0.0047 units per person 0.0149 units per person Singapore
1990s 0.0262 units per person 0.0043 units per person 0.0219 units per person Singapore
2000s 0.0375 units per person 0.004 units per person 0.0335 units per person Singapore
2010s 0.0228 units per person 0.0034 units per person 0.0193 units per person Singapore
2020s 0.0104 units per person 0.0033 units per person 0.0071 units per person Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per capita, Singapore or Upper middle income?
Singapore, at 0.0104 units per person against 0.0033 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per capita between Singapore and Upper middle income?
0.0071 units per person, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Upper middle income?
33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Singapore and Upper middle income rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per capita?
Singapore ranks 22nd and Upper middle income ranks 23rd 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.