Eswatini vs Gabon: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Eswatini
0.3%
in 1999
Gabon
0.3%
in 2020
Eswatini rank
97th
Gabon rank
96th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Eswatini
  • Gabon
0.20.40.60.81198520022020

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.

Eswatini ranks 97th and Gabon ranks 96th 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.