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Armed forces as a share of the population — Brazil

Armed forces as a share of the population in Brazil in 2022 — 0.175%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 189. Since 1826, the indicator has fallen by 0.193 pp.

2022 0.175% −0.001 pp vs 2021
World rank 116of 189
Period maximum 0.937%1866
Period minimum 0.095%1905

Trend over time

1826–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Brazil, 1826–202200.250.50.751182618461866188619061926194619661986200620221826: 0.367%1830: 0.344%1834: 0.25%1838: 0.251%1842: 0.344%1846: 0.292%1850: 0.273%1854: 0.351%1858: 0.318%1862: 0.207%1866: 0.937%1870: 0.745%1874: 0.324%1878: 0.195%1882: 0.148%1886: 0.16%1890: 0.155%1894: 0.257%1898: 0.175%1902: 0.128%1906: 0.162%1910: 0.14%1914: 0.103%1918: 0.206%1922: 0.186%1926: 0.184%1930: 0.17%1934: 0.266%1938: 0.246%1946: 0.252%1950: 0.445%1954: 0.392%1958: 0.346%1962: 0.24%1966: 0.375%1970: 0.391%1974: 0.412%1978: 0.388%1982: 0.371%1986: 0.391%1990: 0.204%1994: 0.193%1998: 0.178%2002: 0.161%2006: 0.153%2010: 0.168%2014: 0.156%2018: 0.163%2022: 0.175%
Change over the period: −0.193 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Brazil 0.175%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
South America computed 0.252%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.194%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.175 −0.001 pp
2021 0.175 −0.001 pp
2020 0.176 +0.014 pp
2019 0.161 −0.001 pp
2018 0.163 −0.001 pp
2017 0.164 +0.002 pp
2016 0.161 +0.007 pp
2015 0.154 −0.001 pp
2014 0.156 −0.001 pp
2013 0.157 −0.003 pp
2012 0.16 −0.001 pp
2011 0.161 −0.007 pp
2010 0.168 −0 pp
2009 0.168 −0.023 pp
2008 0.192 +0.04 pp
2007 0.152 −0.001 pp
2006 0.153 −0.01 pp
2005 0.163 +0.002 pp
2004 0.16 +0.002 pp
2003 0.158 −0.002 pp
2002 0.161 −0.005 pp
2001 0.166 −0.004 pp
2000 0.169 −0.009 pp
1999 0.179 +0 pp
1998 0.178 −0.007 pp
1997 0.185 −0.002 pp
1996 0.187 −0.002 pp
1995 0.19 −0.003 pp
1994 0.193 −0.003 pp
1993 0.195 −0.003 pp
1992 0.198 −0.002 pp
1991 0.201 −0.003 pp
1990 0.204 −0.02 pp
1989 0.224 −0.004 pp
1988 0.228 −0.166 pp
1987 0.394 +0.003 pp
1986 0.391 +0.016 pp
1985 0.376 +0.021 pp
1984 0.355 −0.008 pp
1983 0.363 −0.008 pp
1982 0.371 +0 pp
1981 0.371 −0.008 pp
1980 0.38 −0 pp
1979 0.38 −0.009 pp
1978 0.388 −0.009 pp
1977 0.398 −0.009 pp
1976 0.407 −0.014 pp
1975 0.421 +0.009 pp
1974 0.412 +0.005 pp
1973 0.408 +0 pp
1972 0.407 +0.026 pp
1971 0.382 −0.009 pp
1970 0.391 +0.006 pp
1969 0.385 +0.012 pp
1968 0.373 +0.002 pp
1967 0.371 −0.004 pp
1966 0.375 −0.004 pp
1965 0.38 −0.005 pp
1964 0.384 +0.001 pp
1963 0.383 +0.144 pp
1962 0.24 −0.001 pp
1961 0.241 −0.091 pp
1960 0.332 −0.012 pp
1959 0.344 −0.001 pp
1958 0.346 +0.17 pp
1957 0.176 +0.004 pp
1956 0.171 −0.005 pp
1955 0.176 −0.216 pp
1954 0.392 −0.012 pp
1953 0.404 −0.012 pp
1952 0.416 −0.012 pp
1951 0.429 −0.016 pp
1950 0.445 −0.01 pp
1949 0.455 +0.191 pp
1948 0.264 −0.006 pp
1947 0.27 +0.019 pp
1946 0.252 —
1942 0.244 —
1940 0.251 +0.02 pp
1939 0.231 −0.015 pp
1938 0.246 −0.008 pp
1937 0.253 +0 pp
1936 0.253 −0.008 pp
1935 0.261 −0.005 pp
1934 0.266 +0.087 pp
1933 0.179 −0.024 pp
1932 0.203 +0.037 pp
1931 0.166 −0.003 pp
1930 0.17 −0.003 pp
1929 0.173 +0.024 pp
1928 0.149 −0.016 pp
1927 0.165 −0.02 pp
1926 0.184 −0.014 pp
1925 0.198 +0.003 pp
1924 0.195 +0.01 pp
1923 0.185 −0 pp
1922 0.186 −0.011 pp
1921 0.197 −0.008 pp
1920 0.204 −0.034 pp
1919 0.238 +0.033 pp
1918 0.206 +0.108 pp
1917 0.097 −0.002 pp
1916 0.099 −0.002 pp
1915 0.101 −0.002 pp
1914 0.103 −0.028 pp
1913 0.131 −0.003 pp
1912 0.134 −0.003 pp
1911 0.137 −0.003 pp
1910 0.14 +0.006 pp
1909 0.133 +0.011 pp
1908 0.122 +0.017 pp
1907 0.105 −0.056 pp
1906 0.162 +0.067 pp
1905 0.095 −0.068 pp
1904 0.163 +0.038 pp
1903 0.125 −0.003 pp
1902 0.128 +0.008 pp
1901 0.12 +0.003 pp
1900 0.117 −0.014 pp
1899 0.131 −0.044 pp
1898 0.175 −0.04 pp
1897 0.215 −0.005 pp
1896 0.22 +0.02 pp
1895 0.201 −0.056 pp
1894 0.257 +0.007 pp
1893 0.25 −0.006 pp
1892 0.256 −0.013 pp
1891 0.269 +0.114 pp
1890 0.155 −0.003 pp
1889 0.158 +0.012 pp
1888 0.146 −0.01 pp
1887 0.157 −0.003 pp
1886 0.16 −0.003 pp
1885 0.163 +0.005 pp
1884 0.158 −0.003 pp
1883 0.161 +0.013 pp
1882 0.148 −0.003 pp
1881 0.15 −0.02 pp
1880 0.17 −0.012 pp
1879 0.182 −0.012 pp
1878 0.195 −0.013 pp
1877 0.207 +0.005 pp
1876 0.202 −0.023 pp
1875 0.225 −0.1 pp
1874 0.324 +0.004 pp
1873 0.321 +0.014 pp
1872 0.307 +0.005 pp
1871 0.302 −0.444 pp
1870 0.745 −0.011 pp
1869 0.756 −0.012 pp
1868 0.768 −0.117 pp
1867 0.885 −0.052 pp
1866 0.937 +0.551 pp
1865 0.385 +0.173 pp
1864 0.212 +0.019 pp
1863 0.193 −0.014 pp
1862 0.207 −0.027 pp
1861 0.234 −0.015 pp
1860 0.249 −0.064 pp
1859 0.314 −0.005 pp
1858 0.318 −0.005 pp
1857 0.323 −0.018 pp
1856 0.341 −0.005 pp
1855 0.346 −0.005 pp
1854 0.351 −0.006 pp
1853 0.357 +0.048 pp
1852 0.308 +0.036 pp
1851 0.272 −0.001 pp
1850 0.273 −0.005 pp
1849 0.278 −0.005 pp
1848 0.283 −0.005 pp
1847 0.288 −0.005 pp
1846 0.292 −0.05 pp
1845 0.342 −0.051 pp
1844 0.393 +0.024 pp
1843 0.369 +0.025 pp
1842 0.344 +0.042 pp
1841 0.302 +0.027 pp
1840 0.275 +0.028 pp
1839 0.246 −0.004 pp
1838 0.251 −0.004 pp
1837 0.255 −0.004 pp
1836 0.259 +0.048 pp
1835 0.211 −0.039 pp
1834 0.25 −0.022 pp
1833 0.272 −0.041 pp
1832 0.314 −0.024 pp
1831 0.338 −0.006 pp
1830 0.344 −0.006 pp
1829 0.349 −0.006 pp
1828 0.355 −0.006 pp
1827 0.361 −0.006 pp
1826 0.367 —

South America, 2022

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

UY Uruguay 0.619 CO Colombia 0.495 VE Venezuela 0.436 GY Guyana 0.365 CL Chile 0.353 SR Suriname 0.321 BO Bolivia 0.282 PE Peru 0.242 EC Ecuador 0.23 PY Paraguay 0.207 BR Brazil 0.175 AR Argentina 0.159
Full table for all countries

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.

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