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Armed forces personnel percent by country

Countries reporting
173
Highest
6.14
Eritrea
Lowest
0
Seychelles
Median
0.3498
Years covered
36
1985–2020
Data points
5,352

What the numbers show

Armed forces personnel percent is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 6.14 in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3498, and the mean is 0.5311.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 415.5%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Armed forces personnel percent: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 6.14 2020 down 10.4% rising
2 North Korea 5.62 2020 up 1.8% rising
3 Israel 2.02 2020 down 19.6% falling
4 Montenegro 1.97 2020 down 4.6% falling
5 Brunei 1.79 2020 down 24.2% rising
6 Laos 1.76 2020 down 13.8% rising
7 Belarus 1.69 2020 down 12.3% rising
8 Armenia 1.63 2020 down 14.2% rising
9 Sri Lanka 1.41 2020 up 31.5% rising
10 Lebanon 1.4 2020 down 10.6% rising
11 Greece 1.37 2020 up 2.1% falling
12 Lithuania 1.32 2020 up 62.4% rising
13 Bahrain 1.28 2020 down 20.1% falling
14 Syria 1.28 2020 down 28.7% falling
15 Venezuela 1.21 2020 up 202.1% volatile
16 Djibouti 1.18 2020 down 15.5% rising
17 Cambodia 1.14 2020 down 13.4% falling
18 South Korea 1.1 2020 down 18.9% falling
19 Iraq 1.09 2020 down 57.8% volatile
20 Jordan 1.07 2020 down 29.5% falling
21 Singapore 1.05 2020 down 63.9% falling
22 Oman 1.04 2020 down 39.0% falling
23 Bhutan 1.01 2000 up 16.2% rising
24 Cyprus 0.9983 2020 down 11.7% falling
25 Russia 0.9934 2020 down 0.0% falling
26 Saudi Arabia 0.9099 2020 down 8.1% falling
27 Myanmar 0.8733 2020 down 16.6% rising
28 North Macedonia 0.8547 2020 up 119.2% falling
29 Colombia 0.8453 2020 down 14.3% rising
30 Turkmenistan 0.8202 2020 up 107.4% rising
31 Azerbaijan 0.8054 2020 down 10.1% falling
32 Qatar 0.7848 2020 up 13.7% falling
33 Egypt 0.7648 2020 down 18.4% flat
34 Iran 0.741 2020 up 1.9% falling
35 Algeria 0.7402 2020 down 15.6% rising
36 Sao Tome and Principe 0.702 1999 down 15.8% falling
37 Georgia 0.685 2020 down 17.5% rising
38 Cuba 0.68 2020 up 1.8% volatile
39 El Salvador 0.6737 2020 up 25.8% falling
40 Morocco 0.6724 2020 down 11.2% falling
41 Ukraine 0.667 2020 up 44.2% falling
42 United Arab Emirates 0.6668 2020 down 9.3% volatile
43 Romania 0.6601 2020 down 12.3% falling
44 Panama 0.6522 2020 up 97.2% rising
45 Uruguay 0.6473 2020 down 15.6% falling
46 Dominican Republic 0.645 2020 up 60.3% rising
47 Thailand 0.6351 2020 up 3.8% rising
48 Bolivia 0.6009 2020 down 26.5% rising
49 Turkey 0.5947 2020 down 28.8% falling
50 Chile 0.5885 2020 down 2.6% falling
51 Namibia 0.5863 2020 down 18.6% rising
52 Kuwait 0.5682 2020 down 26.0% falling
53 Italy 0.5642 2020 down 5.6% falling
54 Mongolia 0.547 2020 down 14.1% falling
55 Bulgaria 0.5336 2020 down 39.2% falling
56 Vietnam 0.5322 2020 down 10.8% falling
57 Estonia 0.5264 2020 up 21.9% rising
58 Belize 0.5117 2020 up 56.1% falling
59 Croatia 0.5058 2020 up 0.7% volatile
60 Bahamas 0.5052 2020 up 115.9% volatile
61 Portugal 0.5014 2020 down 41.3% falling
62 South Sudan 0.4954 2020 down 65.5% falling
63 Poland 0.4951 2020 up 55.4% falling
64 Peru 0.4811 2020 down 27.1% falling
65 Latvia 0.4734 2020 up 115.9% flat
66 Hungary 0.4718 2020 up 36.1% falling
67 Norway 0.4647 2020 down 7.1% falling
68 Serbia 0.4632 2020 up 17.6% volatile
69 France 0.4613 2020 down 14.5% falling
70 Mauritania 0.4565 2020 down 25.8% falling
71 Paraguay 0.4391 2020 down 1.0% falling
72 Fiji 0.4372 2020 up 13.7% falling
73 Afghanistan 0.4223 2020 down 61.1% volatile
74 Spain 0.4174 2020 down 12.4% falling
75 United States 0.411 2020 down 18.5% falling
76 Malaysia 0.4013 2020 down 13.9% falling
77 Pakistan 0.4013 2020 down 15.5% falling
78 Tunisia 0.4009 2020 down 9.7% falling
79 Finland 0.3979 2020 down 14.6% falling
80 Nepal 0.3867 2020 down 33.0% rising
81 Malta 0.3859 2020 down 23.3% falling
82 Botswana 0.3804 2020 down 26.3% falling
83 Guyana 0.3715 2020 up 7.1% falling
84 Brazil 0.3652 2020 down 0.9% rising
85 Kazakhstan 0.3644 2020 down 23.8% falling
86 Barbados 0.355 2020 up 60.2% flat
87 Angola 0.3498 2020 down 30.4% falling
88 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3376 2020 up 15.2% rising
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3334 2020 up 20.1% volatile
90 Slovenia 0.3329 2020 down 43.7% falling
91 Slovakia 0.33 2020 up 12.6% volatile
92 Zimbabwe 0.3285 2020 down 13.6% falling
93 Suriname 0.3266 2020 down 2.4% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 0.3151 2020 down 15.2% rising
95 Sudan 0.3078 2020 down 14.0% rising
96 Gabon 0.3014 2020 down 22.6% falling
97 Eswatini 0.291 1999 down 39.0% falling
98 Albania 0.2786 2020 down 44.7% volatile
99 Mexico 0.2689 2020 down 7.9% rising
100 Rwanda 0.2679 2020 down 21.0% volatile
101 Chad 0.2613 2020 down 7.7% falling
102 Austria 0.2578 2020 down 16.3% falling
103 Denmark 0.2572 2020 down 23.4% falling
104 Czechia 0.2559 2020 down 6.1% volatile
105 Guatemala 0.2477 2020 up 5.0% falling
106 Indonesia 0.246 2020 up 4.1% rising
107 Burundi 0.2457 2020 down 54.9% volatile
108 Ecuador 0.2394 2020 down 38.8% falling
109 Mauritius 0.2338 2020 up 49.9% rising
110 Australia 0.2331 2020 down 8.7% falling
111 Netherlands 0.2325 2020 down 9.9% falling
112 Switzerland 0.2315 2020 down 28.4% volatile
113 Argentina 0.2279 2020 down 9.8% falling
114 Honduras 0.2273 2020 down 4.9% falling
115 United Kingdom 0.2272 2020 down 17.8% falling
116 Germany 0.2188 2020 down 29.7% falling
117 India 0.2187 2020 up 3.6% rising
118 Jamaica 0.212 2020 up 105.9% rising
119 Congo 0.2086 2020 down 22.4% falling
120 Belgium 0.208 2020 down 36.4% volatile
121 Japan 0.2066 2020 up 1.7% flat
122 Uzbekistan 0.2025 2020 down 33.9% falling
123 Central African Republic 0.1989 2020 up 183.8% rising
124 Guinea-Bissau 0.1987 2020 down 51.8% falling
125 Costa Rica 0.1986 2020 down 7.7% falling
126 New Zealand 0.1972 2020 down 11.3% falling
127 Moldova 0.1955 2020 down 8.2% falling
128 Cape Verde 0.1943 2020 down 17.5% volatile
129 Mali 0.1888 2020 up 147.8% falling
130 Canada 0.1886 2020 down 1.8% falling
131 Nicaragua 0.1828 2020 down 12.6% volatile
132 Ireland 0.1806 2020 down 21.3% falling
133 China 0.1778 2020 down 18.4% falling
134 Tajikistan 0.1744 2020 down 18.1% rising
135 Gambia 0.159 2020 up 282.9% volatile
136 Luxembourg 0.1586 2020 down 46.8% flat
137 East Timor 0.1508 2020 up 22.8% rising
138 South Africa 0.147 2020 down 0.3% volatile
139 Sweden 0.1449 2020 down 35.8% volatile
140 Philippines 0.1401 2020 down 18.5% falling
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1396 2020 down 39.8% rising
142 Bangladesh 0.1365 2020 down 6.0% rising
143 Cameroon 0.1297 2020 up 10.0% falling
144 Togo 0.1284 2020 down 12.7% falling
145 Ethiopia 0.116 2020 down 23.9% volatile
146 Sierra Leone 0.1137 2020 down 32.6% falling
147 Senegal 0.1132 2020 down 23.2% falling
148 Yemen 0.1107 2020 down 78.5% falling
149 Nigeria 0.1042 2020 up 7.2% rising
150 Uganda 0.1035 2020 down 28.4% falling
151 Guinea 0.0972 2020 down 47.6% falling
152 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0934 2020 up 10.7% volatile
153 Benin 0.0918 2020 up 24.1% falling
154 Lesotho 0.0895 2020 down 10.7% falling
155 Somalia 0.0841 2020 up 415.5% volatile
156 Zambia 0.0839 2020 down 28.9% falling
157 Malawi 0.0768 2020 up 114.8% falling
158 Madagascar 0.076 2020 down 22.0% falling
159 Equatorial Guinea 0.0583 2020 down 47.5% volatile
160 Burkina Faso 0.0512 2020 down 27.6% falling
161 Ghana 0.0502 2020 down 17.5% falling
162 Kenya 0.046 2020 down 34.3% falling
163 Tanzania 0.0459 2020 down 27.6% falling
164 Niger 0.0422 2020 down 34.8% falling
165 Papua New Guinea 0.0408 2020 up 0.3% falling
166 Liberia 0.0388 2020 down 22.7% volatile
167 Mozambique 0.0357 2020 down 26.6% volatile
168 Haiti 0.0089 2020 — volatile
169 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Iceland 0 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Libya 0 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Palestine 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
169 Seychelles 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Armed forces personnel percent
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
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