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Armed forces personnel, total, per unit of GDP by country

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

Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.0001 units per US$ of GDP
Eritrea
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Seychelles
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
36
1985–2020
Data points
6,738

What the numbers show

Armed forces personnel, total, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (up 2,637.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Armed forces personnel, total, per unit of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2011 down 57.2% rising
2 Syrian Arab Republic 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 227.8% volatile
3 South Sudan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 60.8% rising
4 Bhutan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2000 down 37.4% falling
5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 units per US$ of GDP 1999 up 27.5% rising
6 Burundi 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 61.3% volatile
7 Afghanistan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 57.3% volatile
8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 2,637.6% volatile
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 62.5% volatile
10 Myanmar 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 43.4% volatile
11 Cambodia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 60.4% volatile
12 Sudan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 147.7% volatile
13 Central African Republic 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 192.3% flat
14 Djibouti 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 64.0% volatile
15 Sri Lanka 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 1.2% volatile
16 Armenia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 38.0% volatile
17 Nepal 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 66.0% falling
18 Rwanda 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 42.3% volatile
19 Pakistan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 34.7% volatile
20 Chad 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 21.6% volatile
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 56.4% volatile
22 Belarus 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 19.5% volatile
23 Mauritania 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 31.4% falling
24 Kyrgyzstan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 40.3% falling
25 Iraq 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 56.2% volatile
26 Montenegro 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 19.9% falling
27 Lebanon 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 22.6% volatile
28 Jordan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 33.9% volatile
29 Guinea-Bissau 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 65.8% volatile
30 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 100.2% volatile
31 Gambia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 325.8% volatile
32 Egypt 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 42.9% falling
33 Tajikistan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 27.7% volatile
34 Turkmenistan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 113.9% volatile
35 Morocco 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 16.8% falling
36 Angola 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 63.3% volatile
37 Mali 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 107.2% volatile
38 Algeria 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 10.8% falling
39 Eswatini 0 units per US$ of GDP 1999 down 66.2% falling
40 Azerbaijan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 24.0% volatile
41 Ukraine 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 25.1% volatile
42 Madagascar 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 22.1% volatile
43 El Salvador 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 4.3% volatile
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 60.4% falling
45 Georgia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 37.6% volatile
46 Somalia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 118.1% volatile
47 Zimbabwe 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 62.2% falling
48 Colombia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 2.7% falling
49 Namibia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 13.7% falling
50 Viet Nam 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 57.5% volatile
51 Ethiopia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 69.7% volatile
52 Mongolia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 43.5% volatile
53 Sierra Leone 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 45.4% volatile
54 Togo 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 31.8% falling
55 North Macedonia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 52.2% volatile
56 Malawi 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 143.6% volatile
57 Uganda 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 30.3% volatile
58 India 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 26.8% volatile
59 Tunisia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 9.2% falling
60 Congo 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 14.6% volatile
61 Honduras 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 22.0% volatile
62 Belize 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 62.7% falling
63 Lesotho 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 8.8% volatile
64 Russian Federation 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 3.8% volatile
65 Uzbekistan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 38.1% volatile
66 Fiji 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 15.1% volatile
67 Nicaragua 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 31.2% volatile
68 Yemen 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 down 81.9% volatile
69 Timor-Leste 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 38.8% falling
70 Guinea 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 67.2% falling
71 Thailand 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 26.1% volatile
72 Dominican Republic 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 23.1% volatile
73 Zambia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 8.3% volatile
74 Cameroon 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 1.1% falling
75 Paraguay 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 12.3% volatile
76 Peru 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 39.7% volatile
77 Senegal 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 32.9% falling
78 Mozambique 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 21.3% volatile
79 Greece 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 52.2% volatile
80 Benin 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 0.6% volatile
81 Niger 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 46.2% volatile
82 Cuba 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 44.1% volatile
83 Türkiye 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 10.9% volatile
84 Suriname 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 63.1% volatile
85 Brunei Darussalam 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 1.3% falling
86 Lithuania 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 6.5% falling
87 Indonesia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 17.2% volatile
88 Liberia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 38.3% volatile
89 Burkina Faso 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 45.2% volatile
90 Oman 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 14.4% volatile
91 Bangladesh 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 68.3% falling
92 Botswana 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 27.6% falling
93 Serbia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 14.4% volatile
94 Guatemala 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 34.2% volatile
95 Cape Verde 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 16.5% volatile
96 Guyana 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 27.6% volatile
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 11.7% volatile
98 Bahrain 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 27.0% volatile
99 Bulgaria 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 59.3% volatile
100 Albania 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 57.0% volatile
101 Republic of Moldova 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 53.1% volatile
102 Brazil 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 59.8% falling
103 Romania 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 43.5% volatile
104 Cyprus 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 2.9% volatile
105 Panama 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 23.6% volatile
106 Gabon 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 2.1% volatile
107 Chile 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 6.2% volatile
108 Ecuador 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 49.4% volatile
109 Philippines 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 45.4% volatile
110 Israel 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 43.8% volatile
111 Côte d'Ivoire 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 21.7% volatile
112 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 52.2% volatile
113 Kazakhstan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 23.7% volatile
114 Uruguay 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 32.3% volatile
115 Malaysia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 23.1% volatile
116 Jamaica 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 86.9% volatile
117 Nigeria 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 15.6% volatile
118 Saudi Arabia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 22.1% falling
119 Croatia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 5.8% volatile
120 Republic of Korea 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 41.0% volatile
121 Poland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 22.8% volatile
122 Mexico 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 1.4% falling
123 Hungary 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 10.7% volatile
124 Latvia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 37.6% volatile
125 Argentina 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 8.4% volatile
126 South Africa 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 42.5% volatile
127 Mauritius 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 31.6% falling
128 Trinidad and Tobago 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 30.5% volatile
129 Kenya 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 62.8% volatile
130 Ghana 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 52.5% volatile
131 Portugal 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 40.2% volatile
132 Kuwait 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 15.0% volatile
133 Estonia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 25.3% volatile
134 Bahamas 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 126.6% volatile
135 Barbados 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 64.7% volatile
136 Italy 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 5.8% volatile
137 United Arab Emirates 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 6.4% volatile
138 China 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 64.5% volatile
139 Singapore 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 72.7% volatile
140 Papua New Guinea 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 22.9% volatile
141 Slovakia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 3.6% volatile
142 Costa Rica 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 38.8% volatile
143 Spain 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 1.3% volatile
144 Qatar 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 61.5% volatile
145 Slovenia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 48.2% volatile
146 Malta 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 47.9% volatile
147 France 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 11.2% volatile
148 Czechia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 20.4% volatile
149 Equatorial Guinea 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 24.9% volatile
150 Finland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 18.6% volatile
151 Haiti 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 — volatile
152 Norway 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 17.7% volatile
153 United States of America 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 37.4% volatile
154 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 19.4% volatile
155 Austria 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 19.9% volatile
156 Japan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 12.3% falling
157 New Zealand 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 28.8% volatile
158 Germany 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 36.0% volatile
159 Belgium 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 38.9% volatile
160 Australia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 8.3% volatile
161 Netherlands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 13.4% volatile
162 Canada 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 7.1% volatile
163 Denmark 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 27.0% volatile
164 Sweden 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 35.8% volatile
165 Switzerland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 36.2% volatile
166 Ireland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 56.2% volatile
167 Luxembourg 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 49.5% volatile
168 Antigua and Barbuda 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 100.0% volatile
168 Iceland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 100.0% falling
168 Libya 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 100.0% volatile
168 Palestine, State of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 100.0% volatile
168 Seychelles 0 units per US$ of GDP 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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Armed forces personnel, total ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

  • Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

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.

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Indicator
Armed forces personnel, total, per unit of GDP
Unit
units per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
218 places, 6,738 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

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