demographic2022

Military personnel as a share of total population

Name: Military personnel as a share of total population
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: demographic, %, military, personnel, share, total, population

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•194 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.4%

Median: 0.2%

Countries Covered

194

with available data

Highest

Eritrea

8.9%

Lowest

Solomon Islands

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Eritrea8.9%

2North Korea4.9%

3Israel1.9%

4Ukraine1.7%

5Brunei Darussalam1.5%

By Region

Asia0.5%(26 countries)

Europe0.4%(32 countries)

Other0.4%(114 countries)

South America0.3%(7 countries)

Africa0.2%(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 (8.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.4%)

Asia (26)

Europe (32)

Other (114)

South America (7)

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 2022; 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	8.9%
2	North Korea	4.9%
3	Israel	1.9%
4	Ukraine	1.7%
5	Brunei Darussalam	1.5%
6	Armenia	1.5%
7	Greece	1.3%
8	Sri Lanka	1.1%
9	South Korea	1.1%
10	Lebanon	1.0%
11	Tonga	1.0%
12	Oman	0.9%
13	Singapore	0.9%
14	Cyprus	0.9%
15	Jordan	0.9%
16	Russian Federation	0.8%
17	Lithuania	0.8%
18	United Arab Emirates	0.8%
19	Saudi Arabia	0.8%
20	Syrian Arab Republic	0.8%
21	Taiwan, Province of China	0.7%
22	Cambodia	0.7%
23	Djibouti	0.7%
24	Sao Tome and Principe	0.7%
25	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.7%
26	Myanmar	0.7%
27	Azerbaijan	0.6%
28	Uruguay	0.6%
29	Qatar	0.6%
30	Georgia	0.6%
31	Bulgaria	0.5%
32	Morocco	0.5%
33	Belarus	0.5%
34	Bahrain	0.5%
35	Estonia	0.5%
36	Turkmenistan	0.5%
37	Thailand	0.5%
38	Bahamas	0.5%
39	Dominican Republic	0.5%
40	Belize	0.5%
41	Colombia	0.5%
42	Vietnam	0.5%
43	South Sudan	0.5%
44	Norway	0.5%
45	Cuba	0.4%
46	Iraq	0.4%
47	Venezuela	0.4%
48	Fiji	0.4%
49	Croatia	0.4%
50	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.4%
51	Serbia	0.4%
52	Türkiye	0.4%
53	Ethiopia	0.4%
54	El Salvador	0.4%
55	United States of America	0.4%
56	Kuwait	0.4%
57	Egypt	0.4%
58	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.4%
59	Malta	0.4%
60	Romania	0.4%
61	Latvia	0.4%
62	Botswana	0.4%
63	Guyana	0.4%
64	Barbados	0.4%
65	Chile	0.4%
66	Namibia	0.3%
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3%
68	Finland	0.3%
69	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3%
70	Hungary	0.3%
71	Slovakia	0.3%
72	Mauritania	0.3%
73	Nepal	0.3%
74	Malaysia	0.3%
75	Montenegro	0.3%
76	Suriname	0.3%
77	France	0.3%
78	Eswatini	0.3%
79	Algeria	0.3%
80	Angola	0.3%
81	Tunisia	0.3%
82	Poland	0.3%
83	Mongolia	0.3%
84	Slovenia	0.3%
85	Albania	0.3%
86	Bhutan	0.3%
87	Bolivia	0.3%
88	Italy	0.3%
89	Pakistan	0.3%
90	Spain	0.3%
91	Portugal	0.3%
92	Denmark	0.3%
93	Austria	0.3%
94	Czech Republic	0.3%
95	Afghanistan	0.2%
96	Peru	0.2%
97	Rwanda	0.2%
98	Ecuador	0.2%
99	Australia	0.2%
100	Switzerland	0.2%
101	Burundi	0.2%
102	United Kingdom	0.2%
103	Germany	0.2%
104	Jamaica	0.2%
105	Sudan	0.2%
106	Paraguay	0.2%
107	Gabon	0.2%
108	Japan	0.2%
109	Belgium	0.2%
110	Kazakhstan	0.2%
111	Cape Verde	0.2%
112	Guinea-Bissau	0.2%
113	Netherlands	0.2%
114	Zimbabwe	0.2%
115	Comoros	0.2%
116	Chad	0.2%
117	Nicaragua	0.2%
118	Central African Republic	0.2%
119	New Zealand	0.2%
120	Brazil	0.2%
121	Canada	0.2%
122	Mexico	0.2%
123	Republic of the Congo	0.2%
124	Moldova, Republic of	0.2%
125	Argentina	0.2%
126	Kyrgyzstan	0.2%
127	Ireland	0.2%
128	Republic of The Gambia	0.2%
129	Timor-Leste	0.1%
130	Honduras	0.1%
131	Sweden	0.1%
132	Togo	0.1%
133	Indonesia	0.1%
134	People's Republic of China	0.1%
135	Uzbekistan	0.1%
136	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.1%
137	Niger	0.1%
138	Philippines	0.1%
139	South Africa	0.1%
140	Libya	0.1%
141	Sierra Leone	0.1%
142	Yemen	0.1%
143	India	0.1%
144	Guatemala	0.1%
145	Bangladesh	0.1%
146	Uganda	0.1%
147	Mali	0.1%
148	Cameroon	0.1%
149	Cote d'Ivoire	0.1%
150	Tajikistan	0.1%
151	Lesotho	0.1%
152	Benin	0.1%
153	Senegal	0.1%
154	Somalia	0.1%
155	Zambia	0.1%
156	Guinea	0.1%
157	Nigeria	0.1%
158	Equatorial Guinea	0.1%
159	Malawi	0.1%
160	Ghana	0.0%
161	Madagascar	0.0%
162	Kenya	0.0%
163	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0%
164	Papua New Guinea	0.0%
165	Liberia	0.0%
166	Mozambique	0.0%
167	Burkina Faso	0.0%
168	Haiti	0.0%
169	Costa Rica	0.0%
170	Dominica	0.0%
171	Kiribati	0.0%
172	Grenada	0.0%
173	Iceland	0.0%
174	Liechtenstein	0.0%
175	Luxembourg	0.0%
176	Maldives	0.0%
177	Mauritius	0.0%
178	Monaco	0.0%
179	Nauru	0.0%
180	Vanuatu	0.0%
181	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0%
182	Marshall Islands	0.0%
183	Palau	0.0%
184	Panama	0.0%
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0%
186	Saint Lucia	0.0%
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0%
188	San Marino	0.0%
189	Seychelles	0.0%
190	Tuvalu	0.0%
191	Samoa	0.0%
192	Andorra	0.0%
193	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0%
194	Solomon Islands	0.0%

Showing 194 of 194 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).

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