El Salvador vs Eritrea: Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre

El Salvador
2.03 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Eritrea
1.67 units per square kilometre
in 2020
El Salvador rank
10th
Eritrea rank
13th

Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Eritrea
0.511.522.53198520022020

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 2.03 units per square kilometre against 1.67 units per square kilometre in Eritrea, a difference of 0.36 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1993 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 10th and Eritrea ranks 13th of 173 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Eritrea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Eritrea Difference Ahead
1990s 1.87 units per square kilometre 0.7257 units per square kilometre 1.15 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 1.31 units per square kilometre 1.75 units per square kilometre 0.4416 units per square kilometre Eritrea
2010s 1.83 units per square kilometre 1.67 units per square kilometre 0.1643 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 2.03 units per square kilometre 1.67 units per square kilometre 0.3582 units per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Eritrea?
El Salvador, at 2.03 units per square kilometre against 1.67 units per square kilometre in Eritrea as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Eritrea?
0.36 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Eritrea?
27 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Eritrea rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 10th and Eritrea ranks 13th 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.