Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Djibouti

Armed forces as a share of the population in Djibouti in 2022 — 0.704%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 189. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 0.704 pp.

2022 0.704% −0.188 pp vs 2021
World rank 23of 189
Period maximum 1.567%2001
Period minimum 0%1977

Trend over time

1977–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Djibouti, 1977–202200.511.5219771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 0%1978: 0.909%1979: 0.87%1980: 0.282%1981: 0.546%1982: 0.806%1983: 0.522%1984: 0.741%1985: 1.163%1986: 0.877%1987: 0.903%1988: 0.853%1989: 0.81%1990: 0.774%1991: 0.559%1992: 1.444%1993: 1.404%1994: 1.368%1995: 1.331%1996: 1.297%1997: 1.262%1998: 1.284%1999: 1.272%2000: 1.254%2001: 1.567%2002: 1.344%2003: 1.325%2004: 1.305%2005: 1.287%2006: 1.269%2007: 1.377%2008: 1.358%2009: 1.217%2010: 1.199%2011: 1.181%2012: 1.163%2013: 1.115%2014: 1.096%2015: 1.079%2016: 1.062%2017: 0.948%2018: 0.933%2019: 0.918%2020: 0.905%2021: 0.892%2022: 0.704%
Change over the period: +0.704 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Djibouti 0.704%
World computed 0.259%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.161%
Eastern Africa computed 0.236%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.704 −0.188 pp
2021 0.892 −0.013 pp
2020 0.905 −0.013 pp
2019 0.918 −0.015 pp
2018 0.933 −0.015 pp
2017 0.948 −0.114 pp
2016 1.062 −0.017 pp
2015 1.079 −0.018 pp
2014 1.096 −0.018 pp
2013 1.115 −0.048 pp
2012 1.163 −0.018 pp
2011 1.181 −0.018 pp
2010 1.199 −0.018 pp
2009 1.217 −0.141 pp
2008 1.358 −0.019 pp
2007 1.377 +0.108 pp
2006 1.269 −0.018 pp
2005 1.287 −0.018 pp
2004 1.305 −0.019 pp
2003 1.325 −0.02 pp
2002 1.344 −0.223 pp
2001 1.567 +0.313 pp
2000 1.254 −0.018 pp
1999 1.272 −0.012 pp
1998 1.284 +0.022 pp
1997 1.262 −0.035 pp
1996 1.297 −0.035 pp
1995 1.331 −0.036 pp
1994 1.368 −0.036 pp
1993 1.404 −0.041 pp
1992 1.444 +0.885 pp
1991 0.559 −0.215 pp
1990 0.774 −0.036 pp
1989 0.81 −0.043 pp
1988 0.853 −0.05 pp
1987 0.903 +0.026 pp
1986 0.877 −0.286 pp
1985 1.163 +0.422 pp
1984 0.741 +0.219 pp
1983 0.522 −0.284 pp
1982 0.806 +0.26 pp
1981 0.546 +0.265 pp
1980 0.282 −0.588 pp
1979 0.87 −0.04 pp
1978 0.909 +0.909 pp
1977 0

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.