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

Eswatini
0.3%
in 1999
Rwanda
0.3%
in 2020
Eswatini rank
97th
Rwanda rank
100th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Eswatini
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

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

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 97th and Rwanda ranks 100th 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.