Statizoid

Ghana vs Niger: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Ghana
0.1%
in 2020
Niger
0.0%
in 2020
Ghana rank
161st
Niger rank
164th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Ghana
  • Niger
0.040.060.080.10.12198520022020

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.1% against 0.0% in Niger, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 161st and Niger ranks 164th 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.