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Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Panama

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

2022 0% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 164of 189
Period maximum 0.596%1989
Period minimum 0%1920

Trend over time

1920–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Panama, 1920–202200.20.40.619201931194219531964197519861997200820191920: 0%1922: 0%1924: 0%1926: 0%1928: 0%1930: 0%1932: 0%1934: 0%1936: 0%1938: 0%1940: 0%1942: 0%1944: 0%1946: 0%1948: 0%1950: 0%1952: 0%1954: 0%1956: 0%1958: 0%1960: 0%1962: 0%1964: 0.237%1966: 0.298%1968: 0.352%1970: 0.332%1972: 0.44%1974: 0.477%1976: 0.454%1978: 0.432%1980: 0.41%1982: 0.492%1984: 0.518%1986: 0.542%1988: 0.478%1990: 0.459%1992: 0.442%1994: 0.426%1996: 0.449%1998: 0.47%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: Panama

Panama 0%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
Central America computed 0.16%
High-income countries computed 0.421%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Panama, by year Panama 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 0.462 −0.008 pp
1998 0.47 +0.028 pp
1997 0.441 −0.007 pp
1996 0.449 −0.007 pp
1995 0.456 +0.03 pp
1994 0.426 −0.008 pp
1993 0.434 −0.008 pp
1992 0.442 −0.049 pp
1991 0.491 +0.032 pp
1990 0.459 −0.137 pp
1989 0.596 +0.118 pp
1988 0.478 −0.054 pp
1987 0.532 −0.011 pp
1986 0.542 −0.011 pp
1985 0.554 +0.035 pp
1984 0.518 +0.037 pp
1983 0.481 −0.01 pp
1982 0.492 +0.04 pp
1981 0.452 +0.042 pp
1980 0.41 −0.012 pp
1979 0.422 −0.01 pp
1978 0.432 −0.01 pp
1977 0.443 −0.011 pp
1976 0.454 −0.011 pp
1975 0.464 −0.013 pp
1974 0.477 +0.048 pp
1973 0.429 −0.012 pp
1972 0.44 −0.012 pp
1971 0.452 +0.12 pp
1970 0.332 −0.01 pp
1969 0.342 −0.01 pp
1968 0.352 +0.062 pp
1967 0.29 −0.009 pp
1966 0.298 −0.009 pp
1965 0.307 +0.07 pp
1964 0.237 −0.007 pp
1963 0.244 +0.244 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 +0 pp
1943 0 +0 pp
1942 0 +0 pp
1941 0 +0 pp
1940 0 +0 pp
1939 0 +0 pp
1938 0 +0 pp
1937 0 +0 pp
1936 0 +0 pp
1935 0 +0 pp
1934 0 +0 pp
1933 0 +0 pp
1932 0 +0 pp
1931 0 +0 pp
1930 0 +0 pp
1929 0 +0 pp
1928 0 +0 pp
1927 0 +0 pp
1926 0 +0 pp
1925 0 +0 pp
1924 0 +0 pp
1923 0 +0 pp
1922 0 +0 pp
1921 0 +0 pp
1920 0 —

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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