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Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016

2016, as U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016 covers 140 countries on 2 measures. Eritrea is highest, at 4.80; Malawi is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 0.28. Against 2015, 64 values changed (9 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Armed Forces Personnel (% of population) · Data for 2016

HighestEritrea

4.80

LowestMalawi

0.03

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 140 countries · select a heading to sort

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016: every country, as published by U.S. Department of State.
EritreaERIEastern Africa4.80160highly uncertain
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia4.601,170—
IsraelISRWestern Asia2.10180—
South SudanSSDEastern Africa1.80190highly uncertain
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia1.6045—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.506—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.4012—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.3070—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.30640—
JordanJORWestern Asia1.20120—
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.108—
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa1.1011—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1.10510extremely uncertain
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia1.10230highly uncertain
OmanOMNWestern Asia0.9845—
ColombiaCOLSouth America0.96460—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.94220—
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.8612—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia0.8660—
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia0.81290—
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.80260—
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.79140highly uncertain
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa0.7750extremely uncertain
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia0.76120—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia0.6965—

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Eritrea4.80
  2. North Korea4.60
  3. Israel2.10
  4. South Sudan1.80
  5. Armenia1.60

Lowest

  1. Malawi0.03
  2. Papua New Guineashared0.04
  3. Nigershared0.04
  4. Liberiashared0.04
  5. Tanzaniashared0.05

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.28. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Armed forces personnel (thousands)

    HighestChina1,900

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 25

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 140 in both
  • 9 · 55rose · fell
  • 76unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2016.

  • 72 distinct values among 140

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.14. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • 118 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    U.S. Department of State marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: highly uncertain, extremely uncertain.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Department of State (2016). Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/armed-forces-personnel/2016

0611 held

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07Questions

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest armed forces personnel in Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016?

Eritrea, at 4.80, of the 140 countries in the file.

What year does Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016 cover?

140.

Where can I download Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2016 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019.

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