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Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Iceland

Armed forces as a share of the population in Iceland in 2022 — 0%. Ranked 164 in the world out of 189.

2022 0% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 164of 189
Period maximum 0%1944
Period minimum 0%1944

Trend over time

1944–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Iceland, 1944–2022-1-0.500.51194419521960196819761984199220002008201620221944: 0%1946: 0%1948: 0%1950: 0%1952: 0%1954: 0%1956: 0%1958: 0%1960: 0%1962: 0%1964: 0%1966: 0%1968: 0%1970: 0%1972: 0%1974: 0%1976: 0%1978: 0%1980: 0%1982: 0%1984: 0%1986: 0%1988: 0%1990: 0%1992: 0%1994: 0%1996: 0%1998: 0%2002: 0%2004: 0%2006: 0%2008: 0%2010: 0%2012: 0%2014: 0%2016: 0%2018: 0%2020: 0%2022: 0%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Iceland 0%
World computed 0.259%
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.447%
Northern Europe computed 0.251%
High-income countries computed 0.421%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0 +0 pp
2021 0 +0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 +0 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 +0 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 —
1999 0 +0 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 +0 pp
1991 0 +0 pp
1990 0 +0 pp
1989 0 +0 pp
1988 0 +0 pp
1987 0 +0 pp
1986 0 +0 pp
1985 0 +0 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 +0 pp
1972 0 +0 pp
1971 0 +0 pp
1970 0 +0 pp
1969 0 +0 pp
1968 0 +0 pp
1967 0 +0 pp
1966 0 +0 pp
1965 0 +0 pp
1964 0 +0 pp
1963 0 +0 pp
1962 0 +0 pp
1961 0 +0 pp
1960 0 +0 pp
1959 0 +0 pp
1958 0 +0 pp
1957 0 +0 pp
1956 0 +0 pp
1955 0 +0 pp
1954 0 +0 pp
1953 0 +0 pp
1952 0 +0 pp
1951 0 +0 pp
1950 0 +0 pp
1949 0 +0 pp
1948 0 +0 pp
1947 0 +0 pp
1946 0 +0 pp
1945 0 +0 pp
1944 0 —

Northern Europe, 2022

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

LT Lithuania 0.816 EE Estonia 0.519 NO Norway 0.458 LV Latvia 0.372 FI Finland 0.341 DK Denmark 0.254 GB United Kingdom 0.22 IE Ireland 0.157 SE Sweden 0.143 IS Iceland 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 Iceland

Defense Armed forces personnel since 1816

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

Iceland 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.

Iceland by year Defense Armed forces personnel

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

Iceland by year Defense Military expenditure in dollars

The absolute volume of defense spending in current US dollars.

Iceland by year
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