Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Togo
Togo: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 10,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Togo, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2020, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Togo stood at 10,000.
The figure is up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Togo peaked at 10,300 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,600, in 1985.
That places Togo 131st 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 Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,600 | — |
| 1986 | 4,200 | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 4,800 | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 5,400 | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 6,000 | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 8,000 | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 8,000 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,000 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8,000 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,000 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,800 | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 7,800 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,750 | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 7,750 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 7,750 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,800 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 10,300 | +32.1% |
| 2002 | 10,300 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,300 | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 8,750 | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 9,750 | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 9,750 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9,750 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9,750 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9,300 | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9,300 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10,000 | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 9,550 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 10,000 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 10,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,800 | 3,600 | 6,000 | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,885 | 7,750 | 8,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,475 | 7,800 | 10,300 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,465 | 9,300 | 10,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 1 |
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- 128 Burkina Faso 11,000 compare
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- 131 Central African Republic 10,000 compare
- 131 Costa Rica 10,000 compare
- 131 Niger 10,000 compare
- 131 New Zealand 10,000 compare
More public sector data for Togo
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2432 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -96.61 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.24 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0184 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -29.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 195.35 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 36.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Togo?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Togo was 10,000 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 10,300 in 2001.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,600 in 1985.
- How does Togo rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Togo ranks 131st out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.