Burkina Faso vs Kenya: Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre

Burkina Faso
0.0402 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Kenya
0.0413 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Burkina Faso rank
141st
Kenya rank
140th

Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Kenya
0.010.020.030.040.05198520022020

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.0413 units per square kilometre against 0.0402 units per square kilometre in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0011 units per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Kenya ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 141st and Kenya ranks 140th of 173 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Kenya Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0219 units per square kilometre 0.0296 units per square kilometre 0.0077 units per square kilometre Kenya
1990s 0.0359 units per square kilometre 0.045 units per square kilometre 0.0091 units per square kilometre Kenya
2000s 0.0448 units per square kilometre 0.0508 units per square kilometre 0.006 units per square kilometre Kenya
2010s 0.0414 units per square kilometre 0.0508 units per square kilometre 0.0094 units per square kilometre Kenya
2020s 0.0402 units per square kilometre 0.0413 units per square kilometre 0.0011 units per square kilometre Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre, Burkina Faso or Kenya?
Kenya, at 0.0413 units per square kilometre against 0.0402 units per square kilometre in Burkina Faso as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre between Burkina Faso and Kenya?
0.0011 units per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Kenya?
32 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Burkina Faso and Kenya rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre?
Burkina Faso ranks 141st and Kenya ranks 140th 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.