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DEFINITION:
Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
CONTENTS
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Rwanda | 1,246% | 2000 | |
2 | Burundi | 669% | 2000 | |
3 | Sri Lanka | 432% | 2000 | |
4 | Cambodia | 300% | 2000 | |
5 | Bahrain | 293% | 2000 | |
6 | Lebanon | 266% | 2000 | |
7 | Saudi Arabia | 222% | 2000 | |
8 | Djibouti | 180% | 2000 | |
9 | Malta | 162% | 2000 | |
10 | Uganda | 150% | 2000 | |
11 | Chad | 147% | 2000 | |
12 | Niger | 141% | 2000 | |
13 | Colombia | 130% | 2000 | |
14 | Botswana | 125% | 2000 | |
15 | Angola | 117% | 2000 | |
16 | Qatar | 105% | 2000 | |
=17 | Nepal | 100% | 2000 | |
=17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100% | 2000 | |
=17 | Bhutan | 100% | 2000 | |
20 | Gabon | 96% | 2000 | |
21 | Togo | 94% | 2000 | |
=22 | Sudan | 85% | 2000 | |
=22 | Mauritania | 85% | 2000 | |
=22 | Burma | 85% | 2000 | |
25 | Belize | 83% | 2000 | |
26 | The Bahamas | 80% | 2000 | |
27 | Cameroon | 79% | 2000 | |
28 | Burkina Faso | 70% | 2000 | |
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 62.35% | 2000 | ||
=29 | Ethiopia | 62% | 2000 | |
=29 | Kenya | 62% | 2000 | |
31 | The Gambia | 60% | 2000 | |
Former French colonies average (profile) | 55.46% | 2000 | ||
=32 | United Arab Emirates | 51% | 2000 | |
=32 | Mali | 51% | 2000 | |
34 | Bangladesh | 50% | 2000 | |
=35 | Mexico | 49% | 2000 | |
=35 | Oman | 49% | 2000 | |
37 | Jordan | 48% | 2000 | |
OPEC countries average (profile) | 47.9% | 2000 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 45% | 2000 | ||
38 | Paraguay | 40% | 2000 | |
=39 | Papua New Guinea | 38% | 2000 | |
=39 | Switzerland | 38% | 2000 | |
=41 | Central African Republic | 35% | 2000 | |
=41 | Ecuador | 35% | 2000 | |
43 | Albania | 34% | 2000 | |
=44 | Morocco | 33% | 2000 | |
=44 | Jamaica | 33% | 2000 | |
=44 | Zambia | 33% | 2000 | |
47 | Fiji | 30% | 2000 | |
48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29% | 2000 | |
=49 | Thailand | 28% | 2000 | |
=49 | Kuwait | 28% | 2000 | |
51 | Pakistan | 27% | 2000 | |
52 | Israel | 21% | 2000 | |
53 | Bolivia | 18% | 2000 | |
54 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15% | 2000 | |
=55 | South Korea | 14% | 2000 | |
=55 | Luxembourg | 14% | 2000 | |
=55 | Venezuela | 14% | 2000 | |
=58 | Dominican Republic | 10% | 2000 | |
=58 | Singapore | 10% | 2000 | |
60 | Romania | 9% | 2000 | |
=61 | Indonesia | 7% | 2000 | |
=61 | Benin | 7% | 2000 | |
=63 | Libya | 4% | 2000 | |
=63 | Brazil | 4% | 2000 | |
=65 | Yemen | 3% | 2000 | |
=65 | India | 3% | 2000 | |
67 | Egypt | 1% | 2000 | |
68 | Guatemala | -1% | 2000 | |
=69 | Madagascar | 0.0 | 2000 | |
=69 | Suriname | 0.0 | 2000 | |
=69 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 2000 | |
=69 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 2000 | |
=69 | Tunisia | 0.0 | 2000 | |
=74 | Guinea | -2% | 2000 | |
=74 | Zimbabwe | -2% | 2000 | |
=76 | Turkey | -3% | 2000 | |
=76 | Sierra Leone | -3% | 2000 | |
=76 | Japan | -3% | 2000 | |
Emerging markets average (profile) | -4.143% | 2000 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | -4.833% | 2000 | ||
79 | Malawi | -6% | 2000 | |
80 | Senegal | -7% | 2000 | |
81 | Philippines | -8% | 2000 | |
82 | Peru | -10% | 2000 | |
=83 | Finland | -13% | 2000 | |
=83 | Malaysia | -13% | 2000 | |
85 | Chile | -14% | 2000 | |
86 | Guinea-Bissau | -15% | 2000 | |
=87 | Ireland | -16% | 2000 | |
=87 | Iran | -16% | 2000 | |
89 | Nigeria | -19% | 2000 | |
90 | Sweden | -20% | 2000 | |
=91 | Syria | -21% | 2000 | |
=91 | Greece | -21% | 2000 | |
High income OECD countries average (profile) | -25.185% | 2000 | ||
=93 | Denmark | -26% | 2000 | |
=93 | New Zealand | -26% | 2000 | |
=93 | Austria | -26% | 2000 | |
=93 | Uruguay | -26% | 2000 | |
97 | Algeria | -27% | 2000 | |
=98 | Norway | -28% | 2000 | |
=98 | Australia | -28% | 2000 | |
=98 | China | -28% | 2000 | |
101 | Canada | -29% | 2000 | |
Non-religious countries average (profile) | -31.818% | 2000 | ||
102 | Poland | -32% | 2000 | |
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | -33% | 2000 | ||
103 | Argentina | -34% | 2000 | |
104 | Italy | -35% | 2000 | |
=105 | United Kingdom | -36% | 2000 | |
=105 | Cote d'Ivoire | -36% | 2000 | |
=107 | France | -37% | 2000 | |
=107 | United States | -37% | 2000 | |
109 | Portugal | -39% | 2000 | |
=110 | Barbados | -40% | 2000 | |
=110 | South Africa | -40% | 2000 | |
112 | Equatorial Guinea | -41% | 2000 | |
=113 | Laos | -46% | 2000 | |
=113 | Bulgaria | -46% | 2000 | |
115 | Honduras | -50% | 2000 | |
116 | Netherlands | -51% | 2000 | |
117 | Vietnam | -53% | 2000 | |
=118 | Ghana | -54% | 2000 | |
=118 | Germany | -54% | 2000 | |
120 | Belgium | -57% | 2000 | |
121 | Hungary | -59% | 2000 | |
122 | El Salvador | -60% | 2000 | |
123 | Mozambique | -61% | 2000 | |
124 | Cuba | -64% | 2000 | |
125 | Spain | -67% | 2000 | |
126 | Russia | -71% | 2000 | |
=127 | Czech Republic | -72% | 2000 | |
=127 | Mongolia | -72% | 2000 | |
129 | Nicaragua | -75% | 2000 | |
130 | Guyana | -76% | 2000 | |
131 | Seychelles | -83% | 2000 | |
132 | Cape Verde | -86% | 2000 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Military > Armed forces growth
- Sri Lanka ranked first for armed forces growth amongst Hot countries in 2000.
- Rwanda ranked first for armed forces growth amongst Christian countries in 2000.
- Bahrain ranked first for armed forces growth amongst Muslim countries in 2000.
- Switzerland ranked first for armed forces growth amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
- Colombia ranked first for armed forces growth amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
- United States ranked third last for armed forces growth amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
- Cambodia ranked first for armed forces growth amongst Former French colonies in 2000.
- Malta ranked first for armed forces growth amongst European Union in 2000.
- Saudi Arabia ranked first for armed forces growth amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2000.
- Lebanon ranked second for armed forces growth amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2000.
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Posted on 25 Mar 2011
Ansar Ahmed