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Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Nicaragua

Armed forces as a share of the population in Nicaragua in 2022 — 0.178%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 189. Since 1900, the indicator has fallen by 0.297 pp.

2022 0.178% −0.002 pp vs 2021
World rank 113of 189
Period maximum 2.285%1987
Period minimum 0.157%1920

Trend over time

1900–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Nicaragua, 1900–2022012319001913192619391952196519781991200420171900: 0.475%1902: 0.443%1904: 0.417%1906: 0.792%1908: 0.765%1910: 0.741%1912: 0.714%1914: 0.69%1916: 0.332%1918: 0.322%1920: 0.157%1922: 0.308%1924: 0.455%1926: 0.449%1928: 0.445%1930: 0.439%1932: 0.289%1934: 0.281%1936: 0.268%1938: 0.255%1946: 0.316%1948: 0.3%1950: 0.285%1952: 0.269%1954: 0.254%1956: 0.239%1958: 0.301%1960: 0.354%1962: 0.334%1964: 0.38%1966: 0.361%1968: 0.344%1970: 0.292%1972: 0.307%1974: 0.287%1976: 0.223%1978: 0.249%1980: 0.866%1982: 1.387%1984: 2.118%1986: 2.216%1988: 2.043%1990: 0.723%1992: 0.363%1994: 0.318%1996: 0.33%1998: 0.291%2000: 0.315%2002: 0.267%2004: 0.26%2006: 0.253%2008: 0.247%2010: 0.206%2012: 0.2%2014: 0.2%2016: 0.195%2018: 0.188%2020: 0.183%2022: 0.178%
Change over the period: −0.297 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Nicaragua 0.178%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
Central America computed 0.16%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.207%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.178 −0.002 pp
2021 0.181 −0.002 pp
2020 0.183 −0.002 pp
2019 0.185 −0.002 pp
2018 0.188 −0.002 pp
2017 0.19 −0.005 pp
2016 0.195 −0.002 pp
2015 0.197 −0.002 pp
2014 0.2 −0.002 pp
2013 0.202 +0.002 pp
2012 0.2 −0.003 pp
2011 0.203 −0.003 pp
2010 0.206 −0.003 pp
2009 0.209 −0.038 pp
2008 0.247 −0.003 pp
2007 0.25 −0.003 pp
2006 0.253 −0.003 pp
2005 0.257 −0.003 pp
2004 0.26 −0.003 pp
2003 0.263 −0.003 pp
2002 0.267 −0.043 pp
2001 0.309 −0.006 pp
2000 0.315 +0.072 pp
1999 0.243 −0.048 pp
1998 0.291 −0.031 pp
1997 0.322 −0.009 pp
1996 0.33 +0.022 pp
1995 0.308 −0.01 pp
1994 0.318 −0.034 pp
1993 0.352 −0.011 pp
1992 0.363 −0.137 pp
1991 0.5 −0.223 pp
1990 0.723 −1.012 pp
1989 1.736 −0.307 pp
1988 2.043 −0.242 pp
1987 2.285 +0.069 pp
1986 2.216 −0.045 pp
1985 2.262 +0.143 pp
1984 2.118 +0.614 pp
1983 1.504 +0.118 pp
1982 1.387 +0.028 pp
1981 1.358 +0.492 pp
1980 0.866 +0.639 pp
1979 0.227 −0.022 pp
1978 0.249 −0.009 pp
1977 0.258 +0.035 pp
1976 0.223 +0.015 pp
1975 0.208 −0.08 pp
1974 0.287 −0.01 pp
1973 0.298 −0.009 pp
1972 0.307 −0.011 pp
1971 0.318 +0.025 pp
1970 0.292 −0.043 pp
1969 0.336 −0.008 pp
1968 0.344 −0.009 pp
1967 0.353 −0.009 pp
1966 0.361 −0.009 pp
1965 0.371 −0.009 pp
1964 0.38 +0.056 pp
1963 0.324 −0.01 pp
1962 0.334 −0.01 pp
1961 0.344 −0.01 pp
1960 0.354 −0.011 pp
1959 0.365 +0.064 pp
1958 0.301 −0.009 pp
1957 0.31 +0.071 pp
1956 0.239 −0.007 pp
1955 0.246 −0.007 pp
1954 0.254 −0.008 pp
1953 0.261 −0.008 pp
1952 0.269 −0.008 pp
1951 0.277 −0.008 pp
1950 0.285 −0.007 pp
1949 0.292 −0.008 pp
1948 0.3 −0.007 pp
1947 0.307 −0.009 pp
1946 0.316 —
1939 0.496 +0.242 pp
1938 0.255 −0.137 pp
1937 0.392 +0.124 pp
1936 0.268 −0.007 pp
1935 0.275 −0.007 pp
1934 0.281 −0.149 pp
1933 0.43 +0.142 pp
1932 0.289 −0.146 pp
1931 0.435 −0.004 pp
1930 0.439 −0.003 pp
1929 0.441 −0.004 pp
1928 0.445 −0.003 pp
1927 0.448 −0.001 pp
1926 0.449 −0.003 pp
1925 0.452 −0.003 pp
1924 0.455 −0.003 pp
1923 0.458 +0.15 pp
1922 0.308 −0.003 pp
1921 0.311 +0.154 pp
1920 0.157 −0.161 pp
1919 0.317 −0.005 pp
1918 0.322 −0.006 pp
1917 0.328 −0.004 pp
1916 0.332 −0.345 pp
1915 0.677 −0.013 pp
1914 0.69 −0.012 pp
1913 0.702 −0.013 pp
1912 0.714 −0.012 pp
1911 0.726 −0.015 pp
1910 0.741 −0.011 pp
1909 0.752 −0.013 pp
1908 0.765 −0.012 pp
1907 0.777 −0.015 pp
1906 0.792 +0.386 pp
1905 0.407 −0.01 pp
1904 0.417 −0.014 pp
1903 0.431 −0.012 pp
1902 0.443 −0.018 pp
1901 0.462 −0.013 pp
1900 0.475 —

Central America, 2022

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

BZ Belize 0.496 SV El Salvador 0.398 NI Nicaragua 0.178 MX Mexico 0.168 HN Honduras 0.143 GT Guatemala 0.101 CR Costa Rica 0 PA Panama 0
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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