Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize
Belize: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 2,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize is 2,000, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize peaked at 2,000 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 600, in 1985.
That places Belize 156th out of 173 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 600 | — |
| 1986 | 700 | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 800 | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 900 | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 1,000 | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,100 | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 1,100 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,050 | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,100 | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,100 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,100 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,050 | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,050 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,500 | +42.9% |
| 2016 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,000 | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 1,500 | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 2,000 | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 800 | 600 | 1,000 | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,035 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,045 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,375 | 1,050 | 2,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1 |
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More public sector data for Belize
- Arms imports 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.43 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 72.26 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0094 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 30.14 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 43.84 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 1,340 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Belize was 2,000 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 in 2017.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 in 1985.
- How does Belize rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Belize ranks 156th out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.