Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles
Seychelles: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 0 in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2020, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles stood at 0. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles peaked at 1,300 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2017.
Seychelles ranks 169th of 173 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,200 | — |
| 1995 | 1,300 | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 1,300 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 450 | -65.4% |
| 1998 | 450 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 500 | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 500 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 500 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 800 | +60.0% |
| 2003 | 800 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 650 | -18.8% |
| 2005 | 450 | -30.8% |
| 2006 | 450 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 450 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 450 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 650 | +44.4% |
| 2010 | 650 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 870 | +33.8% |
| 2012 | 840 | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 840 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 840 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 840 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 840 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 420 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1 |
| 1990s | 800 | 450 | 1,300 | 5 |
| 2000s | 570 | 450 | 800 | 10 |
| 2010s | 614 | 0 | 870 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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More public sector data for Seychelles
- Arms imports 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 191.42 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0128 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 221.34 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0121 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -19.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 26.86 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 41,304 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 72,231 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Seychelles was 0 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 1,300 in 1995.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2017.
- How does Seychelles rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Seychelles ranks 169th out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.