Armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Armed forces personnel was 0.4% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1990–2020
Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
In 2020, armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 1.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2020.
That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 42nd out of 46 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.7% | — |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -18.0% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | +84.4% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -30.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- 39 El Salvador 1.6% compare
- 40 Türkiye 1.6% compare
- 41 Azerbaijan 1.6% compare
- 42 Cuba 1.5% compare
- 43 Romania 1.5% compare
- 44 Dominican Republic 1.5% compare
- 45 Ukraine 1.4% compare
More public sector data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Arms imports 387.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4116 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -31.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 387.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 14.3 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0117 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 13.44 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 28.9 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Armed forces personnel in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.4% in 2020, according to The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- What is the highest armed forces personnel recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for armed forces personnel?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 42nd out of 46 groups with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 30 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.