Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Equatorial Guinea

Armed forces as a share of the population in Equatorial Guinea in 2022 — 0.055%. Ranked 153 in the world out of 189. Since 1968, the indicator has risen by 0.055 pp.

2022 0.055% −0.001 pp vs 2021
World rank 153of 189
Period maximum 2.315%1976
Period minimum 0%1968

Trend over time

1968–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Equatorial Guinea, 1968–2022012319681974198019861992199820042010201620221968: 0%1969: 0.35%1970: 0.344%1971: 0.353%1972: 0.741%1973: 0.791%1974: 2.101%1975: 2.222%1976: 2.315%1977: 0.957%1978: 0.966%1979: 0.957%1980: 0.922%1981: 0.866%1982: 0.797%1983: 0.733%1984: 1.02%1985: 0.962%1986: 0.617%1987: 0.601%1988: 0.3%1989: 0.294%1990: 0.287%1991: 0.281%1992: 0.271%1993: 0.264%1994: 0.257%1995: 0.25%1996: 0.244%1997: 0.238%1998: 0.232%1999: 0.226%2000: 0.221%2001: 0.221%2002: 0.363%2003: 0.176%2004: 0.171%2005: 0.166%2006: 0.161%2007: 0.156%2008: 0.152%2009: 0.148%2010: 0.144%2011: 0.14%2012: 0.136%2013: 0.092%2014: 0.089%2015: 0.085%2016: 0.082%2017: 0.064%2018: 0.062%2019: 0.06%2020: 0.058%2021: 0.057%2022: 0.055%
Change over the period: +0.055 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Equatorial Guinea 0.055%
World computed 0.259%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.161%
Middle Africa computed 0.162%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.055 −0.001 pp
2021 0.057 −0.001 pp
2020 0.058 −0.002 pp
2019 0.06 −0.002 pp
2018 0.062 −0.002 pp
2017 0.064 −0.018 pp
2016 0.082 −0.003 pp
2015 0.085 −0.003 pp
2014 0.089 −0.004 pp
2013 0.092 −0.044 pp
2012 0.136 −0.004 pp
2011 0.14 −0.004 pp
2010 0.144 −0.004 pp
2009 0.148 −0.004 pp
2008 0.152 −0.004 pp
2007 0.156 −0.005 pp
2006 0.161 −0.005 pp
2005 0.166 −0.005 pp
2004 0.171 −0.005 pp
2003 0.176 −0.187 pp
2002 0.363 +0.142 pp
2001 0.221 +0 pp
2000 0.221 −0.005 pp
1999 0.226 −0.006 pp
1998 0.232 −0.006 pp
1997 0.238 −0.006 pp
1996 0.244 −0.006 pp
1995 0.25 −0.007 pp
1994 0.257 −0.007 pp
1993 0.264 −0.007 pp
1992 0.271 −0.01 pp
1991 0.281 −0.006 pp
1990 0.287 −0.007 pp
1989 0.294 −0.006 pp
1988 0.3 −0.3 pp
1987 0.601 −0.017 pp
1986 0.617 −0.344 pp
1985 0.962 −0.059 pp
1984 1.02 +0.288 pp
1983 0.733 −0.064 pp
1982 0.797 −0.069 pp
1981 0.866 −0.056 pp
1980 0.922 −0.035 pp
1979 0.957 −0.009 pp
1978 0.966 +0.009 pp
1977 0.957 −1.358 pp
1976 2.315 +0.093 pp
1975 2.222 +0.121 pp
1974 2.101 +1.31 pp
1973 0.791 +0.05 pp
1972 0.741 +0.387 pp
1971 0.353 +0.01 pp
1970 0.344 −0.006 pp
1969 0.35 +0.35 pp
1968 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.