Statizoid

Brazil vs Malta: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Brazil
0.4%
in 2020
Malta
0.4%
in 2020
Brazil rank
84th
Malta rank
81st

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Brazil
  • Malta
0.20.30.40.5198520022020

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Brazil, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Malta ahead.

Brazil ranks 84th and Malta ranks 81st of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.