The 50 countries with the smallest armed forces on earth

Ranking of the 50 countries with the smallest armed forces

Rank	Country	Armed forces
1	Gambia (Africa)	1,000
2	Cape Verde (Africa)	1,000
3	Luxembourg (Europe)	1,000
4	East Timor (Asia)	1,000
5	Equatorial Guinea (Africa)	1,300
6	Guyana (South America)	2,000
7	Lesotho (Africa)	2,000
8	Malta (Europe)	2,000
9	Suriname (South America)	2,000
10	Guam (Australia-Oceania)	3,000
11	Jamaica (North America)	3,000
12	Papua New Guinea (Australia-Oceania)	3,000
13	Trinidad and Tobago (North America)	3,000
14	Central African Republic (Africa)	3,000
15	Fiji (Australia-Oceania)	4,000
16	Swaziland (Africa)	4,000
17	Benin (Africa)	5,000
18	Gabon (Africa)	5,000
19	Latvia (Europe)	5,000
20	Malawi (Africa)	5,000
21	Niger (Africa)	5,000
22	Estonia (Europe)	6,000
23	Slovenia (Europe)	6,000
24	Tajikistan (Asia)	6,000
25	Bhutan (Asia)	7,000
26	Brunei Darussalam (Asia)	7,000
27	Ghana (Africa)	7,000
28	Mali (Africa)	7,000
29	Moldova (Europe)	7,000
30	Mozambique (Africa)	7,000
31	New Zealand (Australia-Oceania)	8,000
32	Botswana (Africa)	9,000
33	Mongolia (Asia)	9,000
34	Namibia (Africa)	9,000
35	Djibouti (Africa)	10,000
36	Guinea (Africa)	10,000
37	Guinea-Bissau (Africa)	10,000
38	Congo (Africa)	10,000
39	Togo (Africa)	10,000
40	Burkina Faso (Africa)	11,000
41	Ireland (Europe)	11,000
42	Bahrain (Asia)	12,000
43	Qatar (Asia)	12,000
44	Kyrgyzstan (Asia)	12,000
45	Macedonia (Europe)	12,000
46	Lithuania (Europe)	13,000
47	Nicaragua (North America)	13,000
48	Honduras (North America)	14,000
49	Madagascar (Africa)	14,000
50	El Salvador (North America)	15,000
Troop strength of the armed forces.

This country comparison takes 152 countries into account.

Armed forces statistics

feature	value
Number of countries covered	152
average	130,173.03

Median	32,000
minimum	1,000
maximum	2,190,000

The 50 countries with the largest defense budgets on earth

Countries around the world are arming for their defense. Current figures show that military spending has been at its current highest level since the Cold War. In a comparison from 2016 to 2017 alone, the share of military defense spending increased by 1.1 percent for all countries in the world. Or to put it in numbers: If the population had to finance the military directly, every person on this planet would have to invest an average of 230 dollars a year worldwide. See calculatorinc.com for the worlds 10 smallest countries.

The 50 countries with the lowest economic growth in the world

Ranking of the 50 countries with the lowest economic growth

Rank	Country	Economic growth (%)
1	Zimbabwe (Africa)	-5.00
2	Lebanon (Asia)	-2.00
3	Seychelles (Africa)	-1.00
4	Togo (Africa)	0.40
5	Italy (Europe)	0.60
6	Portugal (Europe)	0.70
7	Nepal (Asia)	1.10
8	Lesotho (Africa)	1.20
9	Marshall Islands (Australia-Oceania)	1.20
10	Netherlands (Europe)	1.20
11	Suriname (South America)	1.20
12	Germany (Europe)	1.30
13	Ivory Coast (Africa)	1.40
14	Malta (Europe)	1.40
15	Swaziland (Africa)	1.60
16	France (Europe)	1.70
17	Belgium (Europe)	1.90
18	Jamaica (North America)	1.90
19	Switzerland (Europe)	2.00
20	Great Britain (Europe)	2.10
21	Haiti (North America)	2.10
22	Morocco (Africa)	2.10
23	Austria (Europe)	2.10
24	Grenada (North America)	2.20
25	Yemen (Asia)	2.20
26	Guinea (Africa)	2.40
27	Eritrea (Africa)	2.50
28	Somalia (Africa)	2.50
29	Fiji (Australia-Oceania)	2.60
30	Finland (Europe)	2.60
31	Gabon (Africa)	2.60
32	Australia (Australia-Oceania)	2.70
33	Mauritius (Africa)	2.70
34	New Zealand (Australia-Oceania)	2.70
35	Japan (Asia)	2.90
36	Sweden (Europe)	2.90
37	Central African Republic (Africa)	2.90
38	Canada (North America)	3.00
39	Brazil (South America)	3.10
40	El Salvador (North America)	3.10
41	Paraguay (South America)	3.10
42	Slovenia (Europe)	3.20
43	Bahamas (North America)	3.30
44	Denmark (Europe)	3.30
45	Cameroon (Africa)	3.30
46	Papua New Guinea (Australia-Oceania)	3.30
47	Greece (Europe)	3.40
48	Niger (Africa)	3.40
49	Luxembourg (Europe)	3.50
50	Spain (Europe)	3.60
Economic growth refers to the change in gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. the sum of the prices of the economic goods (goods and services) produced in an economy, from one period to the next.

This country comparison takes 158 countries into account.

Economic growth (%) statistics

feature	value
Number of countries covered	158
average	4.95

Median	4.90
minimum	-5.00
maximum	22.20
Standard deviation	3.14

The 50 countries with the smallest defense budgets on earth

Ranking of the 50 countries with the smallest defense budgets

Rank	Country	Defense spending
1	Sao Tome and Principe (Africa)	600,000
2	Gambia (Africa)	1,500,000
3	Guyana (South America)	6,500,000
4	Cape Verde (Africa)	7,500,000
5	Moldova (Europe)	8,700,000
6	Bhutan (Asia)	9,700,000
7	Guinea-Bissau (Africa)	9,800,000
8	Laos (Asia)	11,380,000
9	Mauritius (Africa)	12,400,000
10	Suriname (South America)	13,400,000
11	Comoros (Africa)	15,070,000
12	Sierra Leone (Africa)	15,400,000
13	Seychelles (Africa)	16,100,000
14	Central African Republic (Africa)	17,200,000
15	Malawi (Africa)	18,400,000
16	Belize (North America)	20,400,000
17	Mauritania (Africa)	21,500,000
18	Tanzania, United Republic of (Africa)	21,900,000
19	Somalia (Africa)	23,270,000
20	Mongolia (Asia)	25,700,000
21	Haiti (North America)	26,000,000
22	Kyrgyzstan (Asia)	29,600,000
23	Djibouti (Africa)	29,870,000
24	Togo (Africa)	30,000,000
25	Nicaragua (North America)	33,100,000
26	Jamaica (North America)	33,600,000
27	Equatorial Guinea (Africa)	35,800,000
28	Fiji (Australia-Oceania)	37,000,000
29	Georgia (Asia)	37,000,000
30	Liberia (Africa)	42,700,000
31	Malta (Europe)	42,700,000
32	Lesotho (Africa)	43,700,000
33	Swaziland (Africa)	43,900,000
34	Burundi (Africa)	47,600,000
35	Maldives (Asia)	47,600,000
36	Niger (Africa)	49,600,000
37	Tajikistan (Asia)	51,600,000
38	Rwanda (Africa)	56,700,000
39	Honduras (North America)	57,000,000
40	Paraguay (South America)	60,200,000
41	Chad (Africa)	74,700,000
42	Burkina Faso (Africa)	81,600,000
43	Mozambique (Africa)	84,700,000
44	Guinea (Africa)	89,400,000
45	Mali (Africa)	89,700,000
46	Congo (Africa)	90,300,000
47	Costa Rica (North America)	93,100,000
48	Ghana (Africa)	94,600,000
49	Benin (Africa)	106,300,000
50	Nepal (Asia)	109,300,000
National Defense Budget.