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

Barbados
2.33 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.4167 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Barbados rank
9th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
6th

Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre over time

  • Barbados
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.511.522.5198520022020

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 2.33 units per square kilometre against 0.4167 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 1.91 units per square kilometre.

That makes Barbados's figure about 5.6 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 27 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 9th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 6th of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 2.33 units per square kilometre 0.3545 units per square kilometre 1.97 units per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 1.4 units per square kilometre 0.4542 units per square kilometre 0.9505 units per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 1.5 units per square kilometre 0.4292 units per square kilometre 1.07 units per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 1.6 units per square kilometre 0.4218 units per square kilometre 1.18 units per square kilometre Barbados
2020s 2.33 units per square kilometre 0.4167 units per square kilometre 1.91 units per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre, Barbados or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Barbados, at 2.33 units per square kilometre against 0.4167 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre between Barbados and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
1.91 units per square kilometre, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
27 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Barbados and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 9th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 6th of 173 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre. 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 square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
219 places, 6,752 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.