Military Personnel per 1,000 People (Africa)
Overview
Military personnel per 1,000 inhabitants measures how heavily militarized a country’s population is. High ratios often indicate nations facing direct security threats, maintaining conscription, or serving as regional military powers. This metric normalizes for population size, revealing which countries devote the largest share of their people to defense.
🇪🇷 Eritrea
Leading Country
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| # | Country | Per Capita Military | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 81.1 | |
| 2 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 16.2 | |
| 3 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 10.3 | |
| 4 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 5.2 | |
| 5 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 4.5 | |
| 6 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 4.2 | |
| 7 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 4.2 | |
| 8 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 4.1 | |
| 9 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3.8 | |
| 10 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 3.7 | |
| 11 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 3.2 | |
| 12 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 3.1 | |
| 13 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 3.0 | |
| 14 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 2.9 | |
| 15 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 2.4 |
| # | Country | Per Capita Military | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 2.4 | |
| 17 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 2.3 | |
| 18 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 2.2 | |
| 19 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 2.1 | |
| 20 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2.0 | |
| 21 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 1.9 | |
| 22 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 1.9 | |
| 23 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 1.8 | |
| 24 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 1.7 | |
| 25 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 1.6 | |
| 26 | 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic | 1.4 | |
| 27 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 1.2 | |
| 28 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1.1 | |
| 29 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 1.0 | |
| 30 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 1.0 |
| # | Country | Per Capita Military | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 0.4 | |
| 47 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 0.4 | |
| 48 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 0.3 | |
| 49 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 0.3 | |
| 50 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 0.2 |