demographic2020

Armed forces personnel (% of total population)

Name: Armed forces personnel (% of total population)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: demographic, %, armed, forces, personnel, total, population

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•174 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.5%

Median: 0.4%

Countries Covered

174

with available data

Highest

Eritrea

6.1%

Lowest

Antigua and Barbuda

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Eritrea6.1%

2North Korea5.6%

3Israel2.0%

4Montenegro2.0%

5Brunei Darussalam1.8%

By Region

Asia0.7%(25 countries)

Other0.6%(95 countries)

South America0.5%(7 countries)

Europe0.4%(32 countries)

Africa0.3%(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (6.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5%)

Asia (25)

Other (95)

South America (7)

Europe (32)

Africa (9)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Eritrea	6.1%
2	North Korea	5.6%
3	Israel	2.0%
4	Montenegro	2.0%
5	Brunei Darussalam	1.8%
6	Maldives	1.8%
7	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.8%
8	Belarus	1.7%
9	Armenia	1.6%
10	Sri Lanka	1.4%
11	Lebanon	1.4%
12	Greece	1.4%
13	Lithuania	1.3%
14	Bahrain	1.3%
15	Syrian Arab Republic	1.3%
16	Venezuela	1.2%
17	Djibouti	1.2%
18	Cambodia	1.1%
19	South Korea	1.1%
20	Iraq	1.1%
21	Jordan	1.1%
22	Singapore	1.0%
23	Oman	1.0%
24	Bhutan	1.0%
25	Cyprus	1.0%
26	Russian Federation	1.0%
27	Saudi Arabia	0.9%
28	Myanmar	0.9%
29	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.9%
30	Colombia	0.8%
31	Turkmenistan	0.8%
32	Azerbaijan	0.8%
33	Qatar	0.8%
34	Egypt	0.8%
35	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.7%
36	Algeria	0.7%
37	Sao Tome and Principe	0.7%
38	Georgia	0.7%
39	Cuba	0.7%
40	El Salvador	0.7%
41	Morocco	0.7%
42	Ukraine	0.7%
43	United Arab Emirates	0.7%
44	Romania	0.7%
45	Panama	0.7%
46	Uruguay	0.6%
47	Dominican Republic	0.6%
48	Thailand	0.6%
49	Bolivia	0.6%
50	Türkiye	0.6%
51	Chile	0.6%
52	Namibia	0.6%
53	Kuwait	0.6%
54	Italy	0.6%
55	Mongolia	0.5%
56	Bulgaria	0.5%
57	Vietnam	0.5%
58	Estonia	0.5%
59	Belize	0.5%
60	Croatia	0.5%
61	Bahamas	0.5%
62	Portugal	0.5%
63	South Sudan	0.5%
64	Poland	0.5%
65	Peru	0.5%
66	Latvia	0.5%
67	Hungary	0.5%
68	Norway	0.5%
69	Serbia	0.5%
70	France	0.5%
71	Mauritania	0.5%
72	Paraguay	0.4%
73	Fiji	0.4%
74	Afghanistan	0.4%
75	Spain	0.4%
76	United States of America	0.4%
77	Malaysia	0.4%
78	Pakistan	0.4%
79	Tunisia	0.4%
80	Finland	0.4%
81	Nepal	0.4%
82	Malta	0.4%
83	Botswana	0.4%
84	Guyana	0.4%
85	Brazil	0.4%
86	Kazakhstan	0.4%
87	Barbados	0.4%
88	Angola	0.3%
89	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3%
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3%
91	Slovenia	0.3%
92	Slovakia	0.3%
93	Zimbabwe	0.3%
94	Suriname	0.3%
95	Kyrgyzstan	0.3%
96	Sudan	0.3%
97	Gabon	0.3%
98	Eswatini	0.3%
99	Albania	0.3%
100	Mexico	0.3%
101	Rwanda	0.3%
102	Chad	0.3%
103	Austria	0.3%
104	Denmark	0.3%
105	Czech Republic	0.3%
106	Guatemala	0.2%
107	Indonesia	0.2%
108	Burundi	0.2%
109	Ecuador	0.2%
110	Mauritius	0.2%
111	Australia	0.2%
112	Netherlands	0.2%
113	Switzerland	0.2%
114	Argentina	0.2%
115	Honduras	0.2%
116	United Kingdom	0.2%
117	Germany	0.2%
118	India	0.2%
119	Jamaica	0.2%
120	Republic of the Congo	0.2%
121	Belgium	0.2%
122	Japan	0.2%
123	Uzbekistan	0.2%
124	Central African Republic	0.2%
125	Guinea-Bissau	0.2%
126	Costa Rica	0.2%
127	New Zealand	0.2%
128	Moldova, Republic of	0.2%
129	Cape Verde	0.2%
130	Mali	0.2%
131	Canada	0.2%
132	Nicaragua	0.2%
133	Ireland	0.2%
134	People's Republic of China	0.2%
135	Tajikistan	0.2%
136	Republic of The Gambia	0.2%
137	Luxembourg	0.2%
138	Timor-Leste	0.2%
139	South Africa	0.1%
140	Sweden	0.1%
141	Philippines	0.1%
142	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.1%
143	Bangladesh	0.1%
144	Cameroon	0.1%
145	Togo	0.1%
146	Ethiopia	0.1%
147	Sierra Leone	0.1%
148	Senegal	0.1%
149	Yemen	0.1%
150	Nigeria	0.1%
151	Uganda	0.1%
152	Guinea	0.1%
153	Cote d'Ivoire	0.1%
154	Benin	0.1%
155	Lesotho	0.1%
156	Somalia	0.1%
157	Zambia	0.1%
158	Malawi	0.1%
159	Madagascar	0.1%
160	Equatorial Guinea	0.1%
161	Burkina Faso	0.1%
162	Ghana	0.1%
163	Kenya	0.0%
164	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0%
165	Niger	0.0%
166	Papua New Guinea	0.0%
167	Liberia	0.0%
168	Mozambique	0.0%
169	Haiti	0.0%
170	State of Palestine	0.0%
171	Iceland	0.0%
172	Libya	0.0%
173	Seychelles	0.0%
174	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0%

Showing 174 of 174 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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