Statistics
Countries where The Salvation Army is officially at work
A country in which the Army serves is defined in two ways:
(i) Politically
(ii) Where the General has given approval to the work, thus officially recognising it, ensuring it has legal identity and a Deed Poll is published to acknowledge this.
As far as political status is concerned, for the Army’s purposes, three categories are recognised:
(a) Independent countries, eg, USA and New Zealand;
(b) Internally independent political entities which are under the protection of another country in matters of defence and foreign affairs, eg, The Færoes, Isle of Man, Puerto Rico;
(c) Colonies and other dependent political units, eg, Bermuda, French Guiana, Guam, Guernsey, Jersey, Virgin Islands.
Administrative subdivisions of a country such as Wales and Scotland in the UK are not recognised as separate countries for this purpose. The countries fulfilling the quoted criteria, with the date on which the work was officially recognised in brackets, are as follows:
| Angola.....(1985) Antigua.....(1903) Argentina.....(1890) Australia.....(1881) Austria.....(1927) Bahamas.....(1931) Bangladesh.....(1970) Barbados.....(1898) Belgium.....(1889) Belize.....(1915) Bermuda.....(1896) Bolivia.....(1920) Botswana.....(1997) Brazil.....(1922) Bulgaria.....(2021) Burkina Faso.....(2018) Burundi.....(2007) Cambodia......(2012) Canada.....(1882) Chile.....(1909) China.....(1916) Colombia.....(1985) Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) (1937) Congo, Democratic Republic of.....(1934) Costa Rica.....(1907 and 1975) Cuba.....(1918) Czech Republic.....(1919 and 1990) Denmark.....(1887) Dominican Republic .....(1995) Ecuador.....(1985) El Salvador.....(1989) Estonia.....(1927 and 1995) Eswatini.....(1960) Færoes, The.....(1924) Fiji.....(1973) Finland.....(1889) France.....(1881) French Guiana.....(1980) Gabon.....(2018) Georgia.....(1993) Germany.....(1886) Ghana.....(1922) Greece.....(2007) Greenland.....(2012) Grenada.....(1902) |
Guam.....(1994) Guatemala.....(1976) Guernsey.....(1879) Guinea.....(2022) Guyana.....(1895) Haiti.....(1950) Honduras.....(2000) Hong Kong.....(1930) Hungary.....(1924 and 1990) Iceland.....(1895) India.....(1882) Indonesia.....(1894) Ireland, Republic of (Eire).....(1880) Isle of Man.....(1883) Italy.....(1887) Jamaica.....(1887) Japan.....(1895) Jersey.....(1879) Kenya.....(1921) Korea.....(1908) Kuwait.....(2008) Latvia.....(1923 and 1990) Lesotho.....(1969) Liberia.....(1988) Lithuania....(2005) Macau (2000) Madagascar (2016) Malawi.....(1967) Malaysia.....(1938) Mali.....(2008) Marshall Islands.....(1985) Mexico.....(1937) Micronesia.....(1993) Moldova.....(1994) Mongolia.....(2008) Mozambique.....(1916) Myanmar.....(1915) Namibia.....(1932 and 2008) Nepal.....(2009) Netherlands, The.....(1887) New Zealand.....(1883) Nicaragua.....(2010) Nigeria.....(1920) Norway.....(1888) |
Pakistan.....(1883) Panama.....(1904) Papua New Guinea.....(1956) Paraguay.....(1910) Peru.....(1910) Philippines, The.....(1937) Poland.....(2005) Portugal.....(1971) Puerto Rico.....(1962) Romania.....(1999) Russia.....(1913 and 1991) Rwanda.....(1995) St Christopher Nevis (St Kitts).....(1904) St Helena.....(1884) St Lucia.....(1902) St Maarten.....(1999) St Vincent.....(1903) Samoa.....(2018) Sierra Leone.....(2010) Singapore.....(1935) Slovakia.....(2015) Solomon Islands.....(2011) South Africa.....(1883) Spain.....(1971) Sri Lanka.....(1883) Suriname.....(1926) Sweden.....(1882) Switzerland.....(1882) Taiwan.....(1965) Tanzania.....(1933) Togo.....(2011) Tonga.....(1986) Trinidad & Tobago.....(1901) Turks & Caicos.....(2011) Uganda.....(1931) Ukraine.....(1993) United Arab Emirates.....(2010) United Kingdom.....(1865) United States of America.....(1880) Uruguay.....(1890) Venezuela.....(1972) Virgin Islands.....(1917) Zambia.....(1922) Zimbabwe.....(1891) |
International statistics
(As at 1 January 2022)
Corps, outposts, societies, new plants and recovery churches: 14,703
Officers: 26,116
Employees: 101,352
Soldiers: 1,250,413
Adherents: 172,748
Junior soldiers: 412,346
Senior band musicians: 37,437
Senior songsters: 1o5,198
Other senior musical group members: 110,116
Sunday school members: 566,259
Corps-based community development programmes: 46,934 (beneficiaries/clients: 851,739)
Homeless accommodation: 3,717 (capacity: 239,756)
Residential addiction dependency programmes: 220 (capacity: 12,137)
Children's homes: 210 (capacity: 6,739)
Homes for elderly persons: 147 (capacity: 10,964)
Mother and baby homes: 21 (capacity: 819)
Services to the armed forces: 15 mobile units for service personnel
Disaster rehabilitation schemes: 195 (participants: 37,038)
Prisoners visited: 27,302
General hospitals: 28
Maternity hospitals: 39