El Salvador vs United States of America: Military personnel as a share of total population
El Salvador
0.4%
in 2022
United States of America
0.4%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
54th
United States of America rank
55th
Military personnel as a share of total population over time
- El Salvador
- United States of America
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in United States of America, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1875 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 54th and United States of America ranks 55th of 194 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 6 and United States of America in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | United States of America |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | United States of America |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | United States of America |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | United States of America |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.3% | United States of America |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | United States of America |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.2% | United States of America |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | United States of America |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | United States of America |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | United States of America |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | El Salvador |
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 United States of America?
- El Salvador, at 0.4% against 0.4% in United States of America as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between El Salvador and United States of America?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and United States of America?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1875 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and United States of America rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
- El Salvador ranks 54th and United States of America ranks 55th 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.