Armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Armed forces personnel was 0.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1990–2020
Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
The most recent figure for armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 0.6%, measured in 2020.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2019.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 35th out of 46 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8% | — |
| 1991 | 0.8% | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +32.2% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +32.2% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -41.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0156 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 346.78 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 93.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Armed forces personnel in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 0.6% in 2020, according to The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- What is the highest armed forces personnel recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1995.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for armed forces personnel?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 46 groups with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies, published as part of Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.