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Armed forces personnel, total, per capita by country

Armed forces personnel, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.0614 units per person
Eritrea
Lowest
0 units per person
Seychelles
Median
0.0035 units per person
Years covered
36
1985–2020
Data points
6,823

What the numbers show

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.0614 units per person in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 units per person in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0035 units per person, and the mean is 0.0053 units per person.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 415.5%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Armed forces personnel, total, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 0.0614 units per person 2020 down 10.4% rising
2 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.0562 units per person 2020 up 1.8% rising
3 Israel 0.0193 units per person 2020 down 20.2% falling
4 Montenegro 0.0192 units per person 2020 down 9.3% falling
5 Brunei Darussalam 0.0179 units per person 2020 down 24.2% rising
6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0176 units per person 2020 down 13.8% rising
7 Belarus 0.0168 units per person 2020 down 12.7% rising
8 Armenia 0.0159 units per person 2020 down 13.0% rising
9 Sri Lanka 0.0145 units per person 2020 up 35.3% rising
10 Lebanon 0.014 units per person 2020 down 10.6% rising
11 Greece 0.0137 units per person 2020 up 2.1% falling
12 Lithuania 0.0132 units per person 2020 up 61.6% rising
13 Bahrain 0.0129 units per person 2020 down 18.5% falling
14 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0128 units per person 2020 down 28.7% falling
15 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0121 units per person 2020 up 202.1% volatile
16 Djibouti 0.0118 units per person 2020 down 15.5% rising
17 Cambodia 0.0114 units per person 2020 down 13.4% falling
18 Republic of Korea 0.011 units per person 2020 down 17.5% falling
19 Iraq 0.0109 units per person 2020 down 57.8% volatile
20 Jordan 0.0107 units per person 2020 down 29.5% falling
21 Oman 0.0104 units per person 2020 down 39.0% falling
22 Singapore 0.0104 units per person 2020 down 64.3% falling
23 Bhutan 0.0101 units per person 2000 up 16.2% rising
24 Russian Federation 0.01 units per person 2020 up 0.0% falling
25 Cyprus 0.01 units per person 2020 down 11.7% falling
26 Saudi Arabia 0.0089 units per person 2020 down 13.9% falling
27 Myanmar 0.0087 units per person 2020 down 16.6% rising
28 North Macedonia 0.0086 units per person 2020 up 109.7% falling
29 Colombia 0.0085 units per person 2020 down 14.3% rising
30 Turkmenistan 0.0082 units per person 2020 up 107.4% rising
31 Azerbaijan 0.0081 units per person 2020 down 10.2% falling
32 Qatar 0.0079 units per person 2020 up 7.9% falling
33 Egypt 0.0076 units per person 2020 down 18.4% flat
34 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0074 units per person 2020 up 1.9% falling
35 Algeria 0.0074 units per person 2020 down 15.6% rising
36 Sao Tome and Principe 0.007 units per person 1999 down 15.8% falling
37 Georgia 0.007 units per person 2020 down 18.3% rising
38 Cuba 0.0068 units per person 2020 up 1.8% volatile
39 El Salvador 0.0067 units per person 2020 up 25.8% falling
40 Morocco 0.0067 units per person 2020 down 11.2% falling
41 United Arab Emirates 0.0067 units per person 2020 down 9.7% volatile
42 Ukraine 0.0067 units per person 2020 up 44.2% falling
43 Romania 0.0066 units per person 2020 down 12.5% falling
44 Panama 0.0065 units per person 2020 up 97.2% rising
45 Uruguay 0.0065 units per person 2020 down 15.6% falling
46 Dominican Republic 0.0064 units per person 2020 up 60.3% rising
47 Thailand 0.0064 units per person 2020 up 3.8% rising
48 Türkiye 0.0061 units per person 2020 down 26.7% falling
49 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.006 units per person 2020 down 26.5% rising
50 Chile 0.0059 units per person 2020 down 2.6% falling
51 Namibia 0.0059 units per person 2020 down 18.6% rising
52 Italy 0.0057 units per person 2020 down 5.3% falling
53 Kuwait 0.0057 units per person 2020 down 26.0% falling
54 Bulgaria 0.0056 units per person 2020 down 36.0% falling
55 Mongolia 0.0054 units per person 2020 down 13.9% falling
56 Viet Nam 0.0053 units per person 2020 down 10.8% falling
57 Estonia 0.0053 units per person 2020 up 21.9% rising
58 Belize 0.0051 units per person 2020 up 56.1% falling
59 Croatia 0.0051 units per person 2020 up 1.6% volatile
60 Bahamas 0.0051 units per person 2020 up 115.9% volatile
61 Portugal 0.005 units per person 2020 down 40.9% falling
62 Poland 0.005 units per person 2020 up 57.9% falling
63 South Sudan 0.005 units per person 2020 down 65.5% falling
64 Peru 0.0048 units per person 2020 down 27.1% falling
65 Hungary 0.0048 units per person 2020 up 37.5% falling
66 Latvia 0.0047 units per person 2020 up 115.9% flat
67 Norway 0.0046 units per person 2020 down 7.1% falling
68 Serbia 0.0046 units per person 2020 up 16.1% volatile
69 Mauritania 0.0046 units per person 2020 down 25.8% falling
70 France 0.0045 units per person 2020 down 14.5% falling
71 Paraguay 0.0044 units per person 2020 down 1.0% falling
72 Fiji 0.0044 units per person 2020 up 13.7% falling
73 Afghanistan 0.0042 units per person 2020 down 61.1% volatile
74 United States of America 0.0042 units per person 2020 down 17.1% falling
75 Spain 0.0042 units per person 2020 down 12.3% falling
76 Malaysia 0.004 units per person 2020 down 13.9% falling
77 Pakistan 0.004 units per person 2020 down 15.5% falling
78 Tunisia 0.004 units per person 2020 down 9.7% falling
79 Finland 0.004 units per person 2020 down 14.6% falling
80 Malta 0.0039 units per person 2020 down 24.4% falling
81 Nepal 0.0039 units per person 2020 down 33.0% rising
82 Botswana 0.0038 units per person 2020 down 26.3% falling
83 Guyana 0.0037 units per person 2020 up 7.1% falling
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0037 units per person 2020 up 18.6% rising
85 Brazil 0.0037 units per person 2020 down 0.9% rising
86 Kazakhstan 0.0036 units per person 2020 down 23.8% falling
87 Barbados 0.0035 units per person 2020 up 60.2% flat
88 Angola 0.0035 units per person 2020 down 30.4% falling
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0033 units per person 2020 up 20.1% volatile
90 Slovenia 0.0033 units per person 2020 down 43.6% falling
91 Slovakia 0.0033 units per person 2020 up 12.5% falling
92 Zimbabwe 0.0033 units per person 2020 down 13.6% falling
93 Suriname 0.0033 units per person 2020 down 2.4% falling
94 Albania 0.0032 units per person 2020 down 37.5% volatile
95 Kyrgyzstan 0.0031 units per person 2020 down 16.3% rising
96 Sudan 0.0031 units per person 2020 down 14.0% rising
97 Gabon 0.003 units per person 2020 down 22.6% falling
98 Eswatini 0.0029 units per person 1999 down 39.0% falling
99 Mexico 0.0027 units per person 2020 down 7.9% rising
100 Rwanda 0.0027 units per person 2020 down 21.0% volatile
101 Chad 0.0026 units per person 2020 down 7.7% falling
102 Austria 0.0026 units per person 2020 down 16.2% falling
103 Denmark 0.0026 units per person 2020 down 23.4% falling
104 Czechia 0.0025 units per person 2020 down 7.3% volatile
105 Guatemala 0.0025 units per person 2020 up 5.0% falling
106 Indonesia 0.0025 units per person 2020 up 4.1% rising
107 Burundi 0.0025 units per person 2020 down 54.9% volatile
108 Ecuador 0.0024 units per person 2020 down 38.8% falling
109 Mauritius 0.0024 units per person 2020 up 48.2% rising
110 Netherlands 0.0024 units per person 2020 down 9.8% falling
111 Australia 0.0023 units per person 2020 down 8.9% falling
112 Switzerland 0.0023 units per person 2020 down 28.4% volatile
113 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0023 units per person 2020 down 17.3% falling
114 Argentina 0.0023 units per person 2020 down 9.8% falling
115 Republic of Moldova 0.0023 units per person 2020 down 15.7% falling
116 Honduras 0.0023 units per person 2020 down 4.9% falling
117 Germany 0.0022 units per person 2020 down 28.4% falling
118 India 0.0022 units per person 2020 up 3.6% rising
119 Jamaica 0.0021 units per person 2020 up 105.9% rising
120 Congo 0.0021 units per person 2020 down 22.4% falling
121 Belgium 0.0021 units per person 2020 down 36.6% volatile
122 Japan 0.0021 units per person 2020 up 1.7% flat
123 Uzbekistan 0.002 units per person 2020 down 33.9% falling
124 Central African Republic 0.002 units per person 2020 up 183.8% rising
125 Guinea-Bissau 0.002 units per person 2020 down 51.8% falling
126 Costa Rica 0.002 units per person 2020 down 7.7% falling
127 New Zealand 0.002 units per person 2020 down 11.3% falling
128 Cape Verde 0.0019 units per person 2020 down 17.5% volatile
129 Canada 0.0019 units per person 2020 down 2.0% falling
130 Mali 0.0019 units per person 2020 up 147.8% falling
131 Nicaragua 0.0018 units per person 2020 down 12.6% volatile
132 China 0.0018 units per person 2020 down 18.4% falling
133 Ireland 0.0018 units per person 2020 down 22.1% falling
134 Tajikistan 0.0017 units per person 2020 down 18.1% rising
135 Gambia 0.0016 units per person 2020 up 282.9% volatile
136 Luxembourg 0.0016 units per person 2020 down 46.8% flat
137 Timor-Leste 0.0015 units per person 2020 up 22.8% rising
138 South Africa 0.0015 units per person 2020 down 0.3% volatile
139 Sweden 0.0014 units per person 2020 down 35.8% volatile
140 Philippines 0.0014 units per person 2020 down 18.5% falling
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0014 units per person 2020 down 39.8% rising
142 Bangladesh 0.0014 units per person 2020 down 6.0% rising
143 Cameroon 0.0013 units per person 2020 up 10.0% falling
144 Togo 0.0013 units per person 2020 down 12.7% falling
145 Ethiopia 0.0012 units per person 2020 down 23.9% volatile
146 Sierra Leone 0.0011 units per person 2020 down 32.6% falling
147 Senegal 0.0011 units per person 2020 down 23.2% falling
148 Yemen 0.0011 units per person 2020 down 78.5% falling
149 Nigeria 0.001 units per person 2020 up 7.2% rising
150 Uganda 0.001 units per person 2020 down 28.4% falling
151 Guinea 0.001 units per person 2020 down 47.6% falling
152 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0009 units per person 2020 up 10.7% volatile
153 Benin 0.0009 units per person 2020 up 24.1% falling
154 Lesotho 0.0009 units per person 2020 down 10.7% falling
155 Somalia 0.0008 units per person 2020 up 415.5% volatile
156 Zambia 0.0008 units per person 2020 down 28.9% falling
157 Malawi 0.0008 units per person 2020 up 114.8% falling
158 Madagascar 0.0008 units per person 2020 down 22.0% falling
159 Equatorial Guinea 0.0006 units per person 2020 down 47.5% volatile
160 Burkina Faso 0.0005 units per person 2020 down 27.6% falling
161 Ghana 0.0005 units per person 2020 down 17.5% falling
162 Kenya 0.0005 units per person 2020 down 34.3% falling
163 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0005 units per person 2020 down 27.6% falling
164 Niger 0.0004 units per person 2020 down 34.8% falling
165 Papua New Guinea 0.0004 units per person 2020 up 0.3% falling
166 Liberia 0.0004 units per person 2020 down 22.7% volatile
167 Mozambique 0.0004 units per person 2020 down 26.6% volatile
168 Haiti 0.0001 units per person 2020 — volatile
169 Antigua and Barbuda 0 units per person 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Iceland 0 units per person 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Libya 0 units per person 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Palestine, State of 0 units per person 2020 down 100.0% volatile
169 Seychelles 0 units per person 2020 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Armed forces personnel, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Armed forces personnel, total, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
219 places, 6,823 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.