Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Trinidad and Tobago

Armed forces as a share of the population in Trinidad and Tobago in 2022 — 0.334%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 189. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 0.223 pp.

2022 0.334% −0.002 pp vs 2021
World rank 68of 189
Period maximum 0.336%2021
Period minimum 0.092%1980

Trend over time

1962–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Trinidad and Tobago, 1962–202200.10.20.30.4196219681974198019861992199820042010201620221962: 0.111%1964: 0.105%1966: 0.101%1968: 0.098%1970: 0.103%1972: 0.101%1974: 0.1%1976: 0.098%1978: 0.095%1980: 0.092%1982: 0.179%1984: 0.171%1986: 0.167%1988: 0.166%1990: 0.165%1992: 0.161%1994: 0.16%1996: 0.158%1998: 0.156%2000: 0.232%2002: 0.235%2004: 0.233%2006: 0.23%2008: 0.228%2010: 0.301%2012: 0.299%2014: 0.295%2016: 0.293%2018: 0.272%2020: 0.27%2022: 0.334%
Change over the period: +0.223 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Trinidad and Tobago 0.334%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
High-income countries computed 0.421%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.334 −0.002 pp
2021 0.336 +0.066 pp
2020 0.27 +0.001 pp
2019 0.269 −0.003 pp
2018 0.272 −0.005 pp
2017 0.277 −0.016 pp
2016 0.293 −0.001 pp
2015 0.294 −0.001 pp
2014 0.295 −0.001 pp
2013 0.297 −0.002 pp
2012 0.299 −0.001 pp
2011 0.3 −0.001 pp
2010 0.301 −0.001 pp
2009 0.302 +0.074 pp
2008 0.228 −0.001 pp
2007 0.229 −0.001 pp
2006 0.23 −0.001 pp
2005 0.231 −0.001 pp
2004 0.233 −0.001 pp
2003 0.234 −0.001 pp
2002 0.235 −0.002 pp
2001 0.237 +0.005 pp
2000 0.232 +0.077 pp
1999 0.155 −0.001 pp
1998 0.156 +0.003 pp
1997 0.153 −0.005 pp
1996 0.158 −0.001 pp
1995 0.159 −0.001 pp
1994 0.16 −0 pp
1993 0.16 −0.001 pp
1992 0.161 −0.002 pp
1991 0.163 −0.001 pp
1990 0.165 −0.001 pp
1989 0.166 +0 pp
1988 0.166 −0.002 pp
1987 0.168 +0 pp
1986 0.167 −0.002 pp
1985 0.17 −0.001 pp
1984 0.171 −0.005 pp
1983 0.176 −0.004 pp
1982 0.179 −0.004 pp
1981 0.183 +0.09 pp
1980 0.092 −0.002 pp
1979 0.094 −0.001 pp
1978 0.095 −0.001 pp
1977 0.097 −0.001 pp
1976 0.098 −0.001 pp
1975 0.099 −0.001 pp
1974 0.1 −0.001 pp
1973 0.1 −0.001 pp
1972 0.101 −0.001 pp
1971 0.102 −0.001 pp
1970 0.103 +0.006 pp
1969 0.097 −0.001 pp
1968 0.098 −0.001 pp
1967 0.099 −0.001 pp
1966 0.101 −0.002 pp
1965 0.103 −0.002 pp
1964 0.105 −0.003 pp
1963 0.108 −0.003 pp
1962 0.111

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.