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Armed forces as a share of the population — Samoa

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

2022 0% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 164of 189
Period maximum 0%1976
Period minimum 0%1976

Trend over time

1976–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Samoa, 1976–2022-1-0.500.5119761981198619911996200120062011201620211976: 0%1977: 0%1978: 0%1979: 0%1980: 0%1981: 0%1982: 0%1983: 0%1984: 0%1985: 0%1986: 0%1987: 0%1988: 0%1989: 0%1990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0%2000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 0%2012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0%2015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%2018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 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: Samoa

Samoa 0%
World computed 0.259%
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.266%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.207%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Samoa, by year Samoa 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 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0 +0 pp
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 —

Polynesia, 2022

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

TO Tonga 0.952 WS Samoa 0 TV Tuvalu 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 Samoa

Defense Armed forces personnel since 1816

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

Samoa by year
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