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Quarterly service personnel statistics: index

This is a quarterly publication containing UK service personnel statistics on strengths, requirements, intake, applications and outflow.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 14 February 2018
• Last updated: 2 April 2026 — See all updates

Upcoming release dates for this publication are available here.

Further historic statistics can be found in our previous publications:

• UK armed forces personnel statistics: background quality reports
• Annual personnel report
• Monthly personnel report
• Monthly service personnel statistics
• Quarterly personnel report
• Reserves and cadets strengths
• Tri-service personnel bulletin
• UK armed forces monthly service personnel statistics

Related information

• MOD statistics pre-release access list
• MOD National and Official Statistics by topic
• Background quality reports
• Tri-service glossary of terms and abbreviations

Editions

• Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2026
  • 2 April 2026
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2025
  • 27 November 2025
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2024
  • 21 November 2024
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2023
  • 14 December 2023
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2022
  • 15 December 2022
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2021
  • 9 December 2021
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2020
  • 17 December 2020
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2019
  • 21 November 2019
  • Accredited official statistics
• Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2018
  • 15 November 2018
  • Accredited official statistics

Published 14 February 2018

Last updated 2 April 2026 + show all updates

1. 2 April 2026

   Added: 'Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2026'.

2. 20 February 2025

   Added: Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2025.

3. 7 March 2024

   Added Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2024.

4. 22 March 2023

   Added Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics: 2023.

5. 10 March 2022

   Added: Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics 2022.

6. 25 February 2021

   Added the Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2021.

7. 11 June 2020

   Added a link to the UK armed forces personnel statistics: background quality reports.

8. 20 February 2020

   Addition of, 'Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2020'.

9. 26 February 2019

   Added Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2019.

10. 14 February 2018

    First published.