Military personnel, per unit of GDP by country
Military personnel divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
0.0001 people per US$ of GDP
Eritrea
Lowest
0 people per US$ of GDP
Seychelles
Median
0 people per US$ of GDP
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
9,603
What the numbers show
Military personnel, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 people per US$ of GDP in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 people per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 people per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 496.5%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Military personnel, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eritrea | 0.0001 people per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 57.2% | rising |
| 2 | Bhutan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2000 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 1999 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Burundi | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Syria | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Myanmar | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 496.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 374.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Lebanon | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Rwanda | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Nepal | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Comoros | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 1992 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 17 | Djibouti | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 18 | Armenia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Niger | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 300.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 1999 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 24 | Jordan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Laos | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Chad | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Gambia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 156.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Tonga | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Mauritania | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Togo | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Morocco | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Iran | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Venezuela | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 346.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Somalia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 199.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Vietnam | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Uganda | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Turkmenistan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Mali | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Yemen | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Egypt | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Madagascar | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Malawi | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Lesotho | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Georgia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Angola | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Fiji | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Tunisia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Colombia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Belize | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Benin | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Iraq | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Bolivia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Belarus | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 65 | East Timor | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 66 | Algeria | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Greece | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Mongolia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Mozambique | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Cameroon | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Suriname | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Russia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Zambia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Senegal | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Guinea | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Liberia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Honduras | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Cuba | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Botswana | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Albania | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Brunei | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 88 | Serbia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Oman | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Cyprus | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Turkey | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Philippines | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Tanzania | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Moldova | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Paraguay | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Peru | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Lithuania | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Israel | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Montenegro | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 106 | South Korea | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Indonesia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Uruguay | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Malaysia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Gabon | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Romania | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Croatia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Chile | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Nigeria | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Ghana | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Kenya | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Guyana | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Guatemala | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Brazil | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Latvia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Estonia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 123 | South Africa | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Hungary | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Poland | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovakia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Mexico | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Barbados | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Bahamas | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Libya | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Argentina | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 137 | China | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Malta | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Portugal | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Singapore | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Kuwait | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Czechia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Spain | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Italy | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 147 | France | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Finland | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Japan | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 151 | United States | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Haiti | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Austria | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 154 | United Kingdom | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Germany | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Norway | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Belgium | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Denmark | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 159 | New Zealand | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Australia | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Netherlands | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Canada | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Sweden | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Switzerland | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Ireland | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Mauritius | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Panama | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | 0 people per US$ of GDP | 2022 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Military personnel divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Military personnel ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Military personnel Correlates of War – National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Military personnel divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.