Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 1,000 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2020, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea stood at 1,000. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 2,300 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,000, in 1989.
That places Equatorial Guinea 163rd out of 173 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,200 | — |
| 1986 | 1,900 | -13.6% |
| 1987 | 1,600 | -15.8% |
| 1988 | 1,300 | -18.8% |
| 1989 | 1,000 | -23.1% |
| 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 | 1,600 | +60.0% |
| 1996 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,620 | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1,600 | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,300 | +43.8% |
| 2003 | 1,300 | -43.5% |
| 2004 | 1,000 | -23.1% |
| 2005 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,320 | +32.0% |
| 2010 | 1,320 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,320 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,320 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,320 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,320 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,320 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,450 | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 1,000 | -31.0% |
| 2018 | 1,450 | +45.0% |
| 2019 | 1,000 | -31.0% |
| 2020 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,600 | 1,000 | 2,200 | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,302 | 1,000 | 1,620 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,312 | 1,000 | 2,300 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,282 | 1,000 | 1,450 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 163 Barbados 1,000 compare
- 163 Cape Verde 1,000 compare
- 163 Haiti 1,000 compare
- 163 Luxembourg 1,000 compare
- 163 Sao Tome and Principe 1,000 compare
More public sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Arms imports 12.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 6.34 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -96.67 % change on previous year (2013)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 12.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 59.78 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0085 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -30.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 113.14 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Equatorial Guinea was 1,000 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,300 in 2002.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 in 1989.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 163rd out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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
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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.