NationMaster - Armed forces growth (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Rwanda:	1,246
#2	Burundi:	669
#3	Sri Lanka:	432
#4	Cambodia:	300
#5	Bahrain:	293
#6	Lebanon:	266
#7	Saudi Arabia:	222
#8	Djibouti:	180
#9	Malta:	162
#10	Uganda:	150
#11	Chad:	147
#12	Niger:	141
#13	Colombia:	130
#14	Botswana:	125
#15	Angola:	117
#16	Qatar:	105
#17	Antigua and Barbuda:	100
#18	Bhutan:	100
#19	Nepal:	100
#20	Gabon:	96
#21	Togo:	94
#22	Burma:	85
#23	Mauritania:	85
#24	Sudan:	85
#25	Belize:	83
#26	Bahamas, The:	80
#27	Cameroon:	79
#28	Burkina Faso:	70
#29	Ethiopia:	62
#30	Kenya:	62
#31	Gambia, The:	60
#32	Mali:	51
#33	United Arab Emirates:	51
#34	Bangladesh:	50
#35	Oman:	49
#36	Mexico:	49
#37	Jordan:	48
#38	Paraguay:	40
#39	Switzerland:	38
#40	Papua New Guinea:	38
#41	Ecuador:	35
#42	Central African Republic:	35
#43	Albania:	34
#44	Jamaica:	33
#45	Morocco:	33
#46	Zambia:	33
#47	Fiji:	30
#48	Trinidad and Tobago:	29
#49	Thailand:	28
#50	Kuwait:	28
#51	Pakistan:	27
#52	Israel:	21
#53	Bolivia:	18
#54	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	15
#55	Venezuela:	14
#56	Korea, South:	14
#57	Luxembourg:	14
#58	Singapore:	10
#59	Dominican Republic:	10
#60	Romania:	9
#61	Benin:	7
#62	Indonesia:	7
#63	Brazil:	4
#64	Libya:	4
#65	India:	3
#66	Yemen:	3
#67	Egypt:	1
#68	Cyprus:	0
#69	Tunisia:	0
#70	Lesotho:	0
#71	Suriname:	0
#72	Madagascar:	0
#73	Guatemala:	-1
#74	Guinea:	-2
#75	Zimbabwe:	-2
#76	Japan:	-3
#77	Sierra Leone:	-3
#78	Turkey:	-3
#79	Malawi:	-6
#80	Senegal:	-7
#81	Philippines:	-8
#82	Peru:	-10
#83	Malaysia:	-13
#84	Finland:	-13
#85	Chile:	-14
#86	Guinea-Bissau:	-15
#87	Ireland:	-16
#88	Iran:	-16
#89	Nigeria:	-19
#90	Sweden:	-20
#91	Greece:	-21
#92	Syria:	-21
#93	Austria:	-26
#94	Denmark:	-26
#95	New Zealand:	-26
#96	Uruguay:	-26
#97	Algeria:	-27
#98	Australia:	-28
#99	Norway:	-28
#100	China:	-28
#101	Canada:	-29
#102	Poland:	-32
#103	Argentina:	-34
#104	Italy:	-35
#105	Cote d'Ivoire:	-36
#106	United Kingdom:	-36
#107	France:	-37
#108	United States:	-37
#109	Portugal:	-39
#110	Barbados:	-40
#111	South Africa:	-40
#112	Equatorial Guinea:	-41
#113	Bulgaria:	-46
#114	Laos:	-46
#115	Honduras:	-50
#116	Netherlands:	-51
#117	Vietnam:	-53
#118	Ghana:	-54
#119	Germany:	-54
#120	Belgium:	-57
#121	Hungary:	-59
#122	El Salvador:	-60
#123	Mozambique:	-61
#124	Cuba:	-64
#125	Spain:	-67
#126	Russia:	-71
#127	Czech Republic:	-72
#128	Mongolia:	-72
#129	Nicaragua:	-75
#130	Guyana:	-76
#131	Seychelles:	-83
#132	Cape Verde:	-86
	Weighted average:	35.7

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.

SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press

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