Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Madagascar

Armed forces as a share of the population in Madagascar in 2022 — 0.046%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.027 pp.

2022 0.046% −0.001 pp vs 2021
World rank 156of 189
Period maximum 0.738%2005
Period minimum 0.019%1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Madagascar, 1960–202200.20.40.60.819601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.019%1962: 0.053%1964: 0.118%1966: 0.128%1968: 0.137%1970: 0.131%1972: 0.111%1974: 0.145%1976: 0.212%1978: 0.235%1980: 0.22%1982: 0.29%1984: 0.271%1986: 0.236%1988: 0.178%1990: 0.188%1992: 0.156%1994: 0.146%1996: 0.137%1998: 0.133%2002: 0.084%2004: 0.422%2006: 0.074%2008: 0.07%2010: 0.066%2012: 0.063%2014: 0.059%2016: 0.056%2018: 0.051%2020: 0.048%2022: 0.046%
Change over the period: +0.027 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Madagascar 0.046%
World computed 0.259%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.161%
Eastern Africa computed 0.236%
Low-income countries computed 0.409%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.046 −0.001 pp
2021 0.047 −0.001 pp
2020 0.048 −0.001 pp
2019 0.05 −0.001 pp
2018 0.051 −0.001 pp
2017 0.052 −0.004 pp
2016 0.056 −0.002 pp
2015 0.058 −0.002 pp
2014 0.059 −0.002 pp
2013 0.061 −0.002 pp
2012 0.063 −0.002 pp
2011 0.065 −0.002 pp
2010 0.066 −0.002 pp
2009 0.068 −0.002 pp
2008 0.07 −0.002 pp
2007 0.072 −0.002 pp
2006 0.074 −0.664 pp
2005 0.738 +0.316 pp
2004 0.422 +0.341 pp
2003 0.081 −0.002 pp
2002 0.084
1999 0.129 −0.004 pp
1998 0.133 +0 pp
1997 0.133 −0.004 pp
1996 0.137 −0.004 pp
1995 0.141 −0.005 pp
1994 0.146 −0.005 pp
1993 0.151 −0.005 pp
1992 0.156 −0.027 pp
1991 0.183 −0.005 pp
1990 0.188 +0.016 pp
1989 0.172 −0.006 pp
1988 0.178 −0.05 pp
1987 0.228 −0.008 pp
1986 0.236 −0.035 pp
1985 0.27 −0.001 pp
1984 0.271 −0.037 pp
1983 0.309 +0.019 pp
1982 0.29 −0.023 pp
1981 0.313 +0.092 pp
1980 0.22 −0.007 pp
1979 0.228 −0.007 pp
1978 0.235 +0.029 pp
1977 0.206 −0.006 pp
1976 0.212 +0.045 pp
1975 0.167 +0.022 pp
1974 0.145 +0.037 pp
1973 0.108 −0.003 pp
1972 0.111 −0.003 pp
1971 0.114 −0.017 pp
1970 0.131 −0.003 pp
1969 0.134 −0.003 pp
1968 0.137 −0.003 pp
1967 0.141 +0.013 pp
1966 0.128 +0.046 pp
1965 0.082 −0.035 pp
1964 0.118 +0.014 pp
1963 0.103 +0.05 pp
1962 0.053 +0.017 pp
1961 0.036 +0.018 pp
1960 0.019

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.