Armed forces personnel in Mauritius
Mauritius: Armed forces personnel was 0.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel in Mauritius, 1990–2020
Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 0.5% for armed forces personnel in 2020. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel in Mauritius peaked at 0.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1994.
Mauritius ranks 116th of 171 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2% | — |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | +77.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +25.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 113 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% compare
- 114 Argentina 0.5% compare
- 115 Uzbekistan 0.5% compare
- 117 Cape Verde 0.5% compare
- 118 Czechia 0.5% compare
- 119 Austria 0.5% compare
More public sector data for Mauritius
- Arms imports 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 18.47 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0015 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 15.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 23.01 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 2,003 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 9,983 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel in Mauritius?
- Armed forces personnel in Mauritius was 0.5% in 2020, according to The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- What is the highest armed forces personnel recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1994.
- How does Mauritius rank for armed forces personnel?
- Mauritius ranks 116th out of 171 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.