Mauritania vs Somalia: Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre
Mauritania
0.0204 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Somalia
0.0223 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Mauritania rank
157th
Somalia rank
154th
Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.0223 units per square kilometre against 0.0204 units per square kilometre in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0019 units per square kilometre.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Somalia ahead.
Mauritania ranks 157th and Somalia ranks 154th of 173 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0119 units per square kilometre | 0.0874 units per square kilometre | 0.0755 units per square kilometre | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.0195 units per square kilometre | 0.2649 units per square kilometre | 0.2454 units per square kilometre | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.0202 units per square kilometre | 0.0414 units per square kilometre | 0.0213 units per square kilometre | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.0203 units per square kilometre | 0.0243 units per square kilometre | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.0204 units per square kilometre | 0.0223 units per square kilometre | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.0223 units per square kilometre against 0.0204 units per square kilometre in Mauritania as of 2020.
- What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 0.0019 units per square kilometre, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 157th and Somalia ranks 154th 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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About this data
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.