Military personnel, per capita in Eritrea

Eritrea: Military personnel, per capita was 0.0886 people per person in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.0886 people per person
Change on year
up 46.9%
World rank
1st
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.0972 people per person
in 1999
All-time low
0.0211 people per person
in 1996
Years of data
30
1993–2022

Military personnel, per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2022

0.020.040.060.080.11993200720221993: 0.03 people per person1994: 0.029 people per person1995: 0.022 people per person1996: 0.021 people per person1997: 0.026 people per person1998: 0.046 people per person1999: 0.097 people per person2000: 0.089 people per person2001: 0.074 people per person2002: 0.072 people per person2003: 0.081 people per person2004: 0.078 people per person2005: 0.076 people per person2006: 0.075 people per person2007: 0.074 people per person2008: 0.072 people per person2009: 0.07 people per person2010: 0.069 people per person2011: 0.067 people per person2012: 0.067 people per person2013: 0.066 people per person2014: 0.065 people per person2015: 0.065 people per person2016: 0.065 people per person2017: 0.064 people per person2018: 0.063 people per person2019: 0.062 people per person2020: 0.061 people per person2021: 0.06 people per person2022: 0.089 people per person

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.

Analysis

In 2022, military personnel, per capita in Eritrea stood at 0.0886 people per person.

That represents a change of up 46.9% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, military personnel, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.0972 people per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0211 people per person, in 1996.

Eritrea ranks 1st of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Military personnel, per capita in Eritrea, year by year

Annual values for Military personnel, per capita in Eritrea, 1993 to 2022.
Year people per person Change
1993 0.0296 people per person
1994 0.0287 people per person -3.0%
1995 0.0222 people per person -22.7%
1996 0.0211 people per person -4.8%
1997 0.0256 people per person +20.9%
1998 0.0459 people per person +79.5%
1999 0.0972 people per person +111.9%
2000 0.089 people per person -8.4%
2001 0.0744 people per person -16.4%
2002 0.0719 people per person -3.4%
2003 0.081 people per person +12.7%
2004 0.0777 people per person -4.0%
2005 0.0759 people per person -2.4%
2006 0.0747 people per person -1.6%
2007 0.0736 people per person -1.4%
2008 0.0717 people per person -2.6%
2009 0.0699 people per person -2.5%
2010 0.0686 people per person -1.9%
2011 0.0674 people per person -1.8%
2012 0.0665 people per person -1.3%
2013 0.0657 people per person -1.2%
2014 0.0653 people per person -0.7%
2015 0.065 people per person -0.3%
2016 0.0646 people per person -0.6%
2017 0.0641 people per person -0.8%
2018 0.0633 people per person -1.3%
2019 0.0623 people per person -1.5%
2020 0.0614 people per person -1.6%
2021 0.0603 people per person -1.8%
2022 0.0886 people per person +46.9%

Eritrea compared with similar countries

  • Eritrea's 0.0886 people per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0015 people per person, 58.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Eritrea's 0.0886 people per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0012 people per person, 71.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Military personnel, per capita in Eritrea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1999 +111.9% 0.0459 people per person 0.0972 people per person
1998 +79.5% 0.0256 people per person 0.0459 people per person
2022 +46.9% 0.0603 people per person 0.0886 people per person

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0386 people per person 0.0211 people per person 0.0972 people per person 7
2000s 0.076 people per person 0.0699 people per person 0.089 people per person 10
2010s 0.0653 people per person 0.0623 people per person 0.0686 people per person 10
2020s 0.0701 people per person 0.0603 people per person 0.0886 people per person 3

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 2 North Korea 0.0486 people per person compare
  2. 3 Israel 0.0178 people per person compare
  3. 4 Ukraine 0.0168 people per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is military personnel, per capita in Eritrea?
Military personnel, per capita in Eritrea was 0.0886 people per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest military personnel, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was 0.0972 people per person in 1999.
What is the lowest military personnel, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0211 people per person in 1996.
How does Eritrea rank for military personnel, per capita?
Eritrea ranks 1st out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
Is military personnel, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eritrea data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Military personnel, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Military personnel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Military personnel, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
193 places, 10,155 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

Military personnel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.