Indonesia vs Sweden: Military personnel as a share of total population

Indonesia
0.142
in 2022
Sweden
0.143
in 2022
Indonesia rank
133rd
Sweden rank
131st

Military personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Indonesia
  • Sweden
0246181919202022

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.143 against 0.142 in Indonesia, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Sweden ahead.

Indonesia ranks 133rd and Sweden ranks 131st of 194 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Indonesia Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 0.3058 0.3822 0.0765 Sweden
1960s 0.3405 0.8924 0.5519 Sweden
1970s 0.2293 0.8831 0.6538 Sweden
1980s 0.1693 0.807 0.6377 Sweden
1990s 0.1459 0.7252 0.5793 Sweden
2000s 0.1349 0.335 0.2 Sweden
2010s 0.1429 0.2288 0.0859 Sweden
2020s 0.1431 0.144 0.0009 Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, Indonesia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 0.143 against 0.142 in Indonesia as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Indonesia and Sweden?
0.001, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Sweden?
66 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2022.
How do Indonesia and Sweden rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
Indonesia ranks 133rd and Sweden ranks 131st of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Indonesia vs Sweden: Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 12 November 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/indonesia/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/indonesia/sweden/">Indonesia vs Sweden: Military personnel as a share of total population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel as a share of total population
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed