Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre was 0.4167 units per square kilometre in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2020, armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) stood at 0.4167 units per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.4833 units per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2971 units per square kilometre, in 1994.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 6th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.3545 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1989 | 0.3725 units per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3962 units per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.3079 units per square kilometre | -22.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3022 units per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.3022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2971 units per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.4324 units per square kilometre | +45.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4575 units per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4638 units per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.458 units per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.459 units per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4648 units per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4104 units per square kilometre | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 0.4224 units per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4253 units per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3808 units per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4044 units per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4377 units per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4233 units per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.449 units per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4737 units per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4833 units per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4643 units per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4655 units per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3971 units per square kilometre | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3937 units per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3954 units per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3988 units per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3943 units per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4099 units per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4153 units per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4167 units per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +45.5% | 0.2971 units per square kilometre | 0.4324 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3635 units per square kilometre | 0.3545 units per square kilometre | 0.3725 units per square kilometre | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3876 units per square kilometre | 0.2971 units per square kilometre | 0.4638 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4292 units per square kilometre | 0.3808 units per square kilometre | 0.4737 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4218 units per square kilometre | 0.3937 units per square kilometre | 0.4833 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4167 units per square kilometre | 0.4167 units per square kilometre | 0.4167 units per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- 3 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 12.2 units per square kilometre compare
- 4 Israel 8.23 units per square kilometre compare
- 5 Lebanon 7.82 units per square kilometre compare
- 6 Malta 6.25 units per square kilometre compare
- 7 Korea 5.83 units per square kilometre compare
- 8 Sri Lanka 5.12 units per square kilometre compare
- 9 Barbados 2.33 units per square kilometre compare
More public sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 1.39 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.87 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -69.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.39 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 78.83 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0266 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 58.47 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 453.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.4167 units per square kilometre in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4833 units per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2971 units per square kilometre in 1994.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Armed forces personnel, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Armed forces personnel, total ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.