El Salvador vs Serbia: Military personnel as a share of total population
El Salvador
0.4%
in 2022
Serbia
0.4%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
54th
Serbia rank
51st
Military personnel as a share of total population over time
- El Salvador
- Serbia
How they compare
Serbia currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 139 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Serbia ahead.
El Salvador ranks 54th and Serbia ranks 51st of 194 countries.
Serbia has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Serbia |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Serbia |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Serbia |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Serbia |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% | Serbia |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | Serbia |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Serbia |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | Serbia |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 2.1% | 1.8% | Serbia |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | Serbia |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | Serbia |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Serbia |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Serbia |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Serbia |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Serbia |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Serbia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, El Salvador or Serbia?
- Serbia, at 0.4% against 0.4% in El Salvador as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between El Salvador and Serbia?
- 0.0%, with Serbia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Serbia?
- 139 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and Serbia rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
- El Salvador ranks 54th and Serbia ranks 51st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Ratio of military personnel to total population, expressed as a percentage.