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Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Bahamas

Armed forces as a share of the population in the Bahamas in 2022 — 0.503%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 189. Since 1973, the indicator has risen by 0.503 pp.

2022 0.503% −0.003 pp vs 2021
World rank 37of 189
Period maximum 0.797%1989
Period minimum 0%1973

Trend over time

1973–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Bahamas, 1973–202200.20.40.60.8197319781983198819931998200320082013201820221973: 0%1974: 0%1975: 0%1976: 0%1977: 0%1978: 0%1979: 0%1980: 0%1981: 0%1982: 0%1983: 0%1984: 0%1985: 0.431%1986: 0%1987: 0%1988: 0%1989: 0.797%1990: 0.392%1991: 0%1992: 0.379%1993: 0.372%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0.332%2000: 0.326%2001: 0.325%2002: 0.324%2003: 0.316%2004: 0.311%2005: 0.304%2006: 0.298%2007: 0.292%2008: 0.287%2009: 0.282%2010: 0.278%2011: 0.273%2012: 0.269%2013: 0.265%2014: 0.262%2015: 0.258%2016: 0.256%2017: 0.256%2018: 0.254%2019: 0.253%2020: 0.253%2021: 0.505%2022: 0.503%
Change over the period: +0.503 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 0.503%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
High-income countries computed 0.421%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.503 −0.003 pp
2021 0.505 +0.253 pp
2020 0.253 −0.001 pp
2019 0.253 −0.001 pp
2018 0.254 −0.002 pp
2017 0.256 +0.001 pp
2016 0.256 −0.003 pp
2015 0.258 −0.003 pp
2014 0.262 −0.003 pp
2013 0.265 −0.004 pp
2012 0.269 −0.004 pp
2011 0.273 −0.005 pp
2010 0.278 −0.005 pp
2009 0.282 −0.005 pp
2008 0.287 −0.005 pp
2007 0.292 −0.005 pp
2006 0.298 −0.006 pp
2005 0.304 −0.007 pp
2004 0.311 −0.006 pp
2003 0.316 −0.007 pp
2002 0.324 −0.001 pp
2001 0.325 −0.001 pp
2000 0.326 −0.006 pp
1999 0.332 +0.332 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 −0.372 pp
1993 0.372 −0.007 pp
1992 0.379 +0.379 pp
1991 0 −0.392 pp
1990 0.392 −0.405 pp
1989 0.797 +0.797 pp
1988 0 +0 pp
1987 0 +0 pp
1986 0 −0.431 pp
1985 0.431 +0.431 pp
1984 0 +0 pp
1983 0 +0 pp
1982 0 +0 pp
1981 0 +0 pp
1980 0 +0 pp
1979 0 +0 pp
1978 0 +0 pp
1977 0 +0 pp
1976 0 +0 pp
1975 0 +0 pp
1974 0 +0 pp
1973 0 —

Caribbean, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BS Bahamas 0.503 DO Dominican Republic 0.499 CU Cuba 0.443 BB Barbados 0.355 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.334 JM Jamaica 0.211 HT Haiti 0.009 AG Antigua and Barbuda 0 DM Dominica 0 GD Grenada 0 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 LC Saint Lucia 0 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
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About the indicator

Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.

Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.

Other indicators for the Bahamas

Defense Armed forces personnel since 1816

A long historical series on the personnel of armies — since 1816, that is, over two centuries.

Bahamas by year Defense Armed forces as a share of the labor force

What part of a country’s labor force serves in the army instead of working in the economy.

Bahamas by year Defense Armed forces personnel

The number of active-duty military personnel and paramilitary forces.

Bahamas by year
All indicators for the Bahamas