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Armed forces as a share of the population — Venezuela

Armed forces as a share of the population in Venezuela in 2022 — 0.436%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 189. Since 1857, the indicator has fallen by 0.256 pp.

2022 0.436% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 46of 189
Period maximum 0.701%1879
Period minimum 0.032%1956

Trend over time

1857–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Venezuela, 1857–202200.20.40.60.8185718741891190819251942195919761993201020221857: 0.692%1860: 0.665%1863: 0.639%1866: 0.615%1869: 0.295%1872: 0.284%1875: 0.54%1878: 0.612%1881: 0.096%1884: 0.14%1887: 0.09%1890: 0.087%1893: 0.297%1896: 0.167%1899: 0.164%1902: 0.366%1905: 0.321%1908: 0.392%1911: 0.383%1914: 0.373%1917: 0.364%1920: 0.355%1923: 0.276%1926: 0.235%1929: 0.195%1932: 0.188%1935: 0.182%1938: 0.169%1941: 0.053%1944: 0.048%1947: 0.044%1950: 0.081%1953: 0.036%1956: 0.032%1959: 0.325%1962: 0.292%1965: 0.573%1968: 0.413%1971: 0.418%1974: 0.417%1977: 0.432%1980: 0.395%1983: 0.342%1986: 0.399%1989: 0.397%1992: 0.37%1995: 0.343%1998: 0.323%2001: 0.331%2004: 0.312%2007: 0.296%2010: 0.396%2013: 0.379%2016: 0.364%2019: 0.425%2022: 0.436%
Change over the period: −0.256 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Venezuela 0.436%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
South America computed 0.252%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.436 +0 pp
2021 0.436 +0.003 pp
2020 0.432 +0.007 pp
2019 0.425 +0.012 pp
2018 0.413 +0.036 pp
2017 0.376 +0.012 pp
2016 0.364 −0.005 pp
2015 0.369 −0.005 pp
2014 0.374 −0.005 pp
2013 0.379 −0.005 pp
2012 0.384 −0.006 pp
2011 0.39 −0.006 pp
2010 0.396 −0.006 pp
2009 0.402 −0.007 pp
2008 0.409 +0.112 pp
2007 0.296 −0.005 pp
2006 0.302 −0.005 pp
2005 0.307 −0.005 pp
2004 0.312 −0.006 pp
2003 0.318 −0.006 pp
2002 0.324 −0.007 pp
2001 0.331 +0.099 pp
2000 0.232 −0.085 pp
1999 0.316 −0.006 pp
1998 0.323 −0.007 pp
1997 0.329 −0.007 pp
1996 0.336 −0.007 pp
1995 0.343 −0.011 pp
1994 0.354 −0.008 pp
1993 0.362 −0.008 pp
1992 0.37 +0.005 pp
1991 0.366 −0.023 pp
1990 0.388 −0.009 pp
1989 0.397 −0.005 pp
1988 0.402 +0.024 pp
1987 0.378 −0.021 pp
1986 0.399 −0.011 pp
1985 0.41 +0.03 pp
1984 0.38 +0.038 pp
1983 0.342 −0.01 pp
1982 0.351 −0.033 pp
1981 0.384 −0.011 pp
1980 0.395 −0.012 pp
1979 0.407 −0.047 pp
1978 0.454 +0.022 pp
1977 0.432 −0.02 pp
1976 0.452 +0.009 pp
1975 0.442 +0.025 pp
1974 0.417 −0.015 pp
1973 0.432 +0.029 pp
1972 0.403 −0.015 pp
1971 0.418 −0.015 pp
1970 0.433 +0.034 pp
1969 0.399 −0.014 pp
1968 0.413 −0.015 pp
1967 0.428 −0.015 pp
1966 0.443 −0.13 pp
1965 0.573 +0.158 pp
1964 0.415 −0.014 pp
1963 0.43 +0.138 pp
1962 0.292 +0.016 pp
1961 0.276 −0.031 pp
1960 0.307 −0.018 pp
1959 0.325 +0.061 pp
1958 0.264 +0.005 pp
1957 0.258 +0.227 pp
1956 0.032 −0.001 pp
1955 0.033 −0.001 pp
1954 0.034 −0.001 pp
1953 0.036 −0.002 pp
1952 0.037 −0.04 pp
1951 0.077 −0.003 pp
1950 0.081 +0.039 pp
1949 0.041 −0.001 pp
1948 0.043 −0.001 pp
1947 0.044 −0.002 pp
1946 0.046 −0.001 pp
1945 0.047 −0.001 pp
1944 0.048 −0.001 pp
1943 0.05 −0.002 pp
1942 0.051 −0.001 pp
1941 0.053 −0.001 pp
1940 0.054 −0.001 pp
1939 0.055 −0.114 pp
1938 0.169 +0.111 pp
1937 0.058 −0.12 pp
1936 0.178 −0.004 pp
1935 0.182 −0.033 pp
1934 0.215 −0.002 pp
1933 0.217 +0.029 pp
1932 0.188 −0.002 pp
1931 0.19 −0.002 pp
1930 0.192 −0.002 pp
1929 0.195 −0.003 pp
1928 0.197 −0.002 pp
1927 0.199 −0.036 pp
1926 0.235 −0.002 pp
1925 0.237 −0.002 pp
1924 0.239 −0.037 pp
1923 0.276 −0.073 pp
1922 0.348 −0.004 pp
1921 0.352 −0.002 pp
1920 0.355 +0.068 pp
1919 0.287 −0.074 pp
1918 0.361 −0.003 pp
1917 0.364 −0.003 pp
1916 0.366 −0.003 pp
1915 0.369 −0.004 pp
1914 0.373 −0.003 pp
1913 0.376 −0.003 pp
1912 0.379 −0.004 pp
1911 0.383 −0.001 pp
1910 0.385 −0.004 pp
1909 0.389 −0.003 pp
1908 0.392 −0.003 pp
1907 0.395 −0.003 pp
1906 0.398 +0.077 pp
1905 0.321 −0.003 pp
1904 0.324 −0.04 pp
1903 0.364 −0.001 pp
1902 0.366 −0.001 pp
1901 0.367 +0.204 pp
1900 0.163 −0.001 pp
1899 0.164 −0.001 pp
1898 0.165 −0.001 pp
1897 0.166 −0.001 pp
1896 0.167 −0.085 pp
1895 0.252 −0.044 pp
1894 0.296 −0.001 pp
1893 0.297 +0.084 pp
1892 0.213 −0.045 pp
1891 0.258 +0.171 pp
1890 0.087 −0.045 pp
1889 0.132 +0.043 pp
1888 0.089 −0.001 pp
1887 0.09 −0.047 pp
1886 0.137 −0.002 pp
1885 0.138 −0.002 pp
1884 0.14 −0.002 pp
1883 0.141 +0.046 pp
1882 0.095 −0.001 pp
1881 0.096 −0.493 pp
1880 0.589 −0.111 pp
1879 0.701 +0.089 pp
1878 0.612 +0.352 pp
1877 0.26 −0.005 pp
1876 0.265 −0.275 pp
1875 0.54 −0.01 pp
1874 0.55 +0.27 pp
1873 0.28 −0.004 pp
1872 0.284 −0.004 pp
1871 0.288 −0.004 pp
1870 0.292 −0.004 pp
1869 0.295 −0.004 pp
1868 0.299 −0.308 pp
1867 0.607 −0.007 pp
1866 0.615 −0.008 pp
1865 0.623 −0.008 pp
1864 0.631 −0.008 pp
1863 0.639 −0.008 pp
1862 0.648 −0.009 pp
1861 0.657 −0.009 pp
1860 0.665 −0.009 pp
1859 0.674 −0.009 pp
1858 0.683 −0.009 pp
1857 0.692 —

South America, 2022

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

UY Uruguay 0.619 CO Colombia 0.495 VE Venezuela 0.436 GY Guyana 0.365 CL Chile 0.353 SR Suriname 0.321 BO Bolivia 0.282 PE Peru 0.242 EC Ecuador 0.23 PY Paraguay 0.207 BR Brazil 0.175 AR Argentina 0.159
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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