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But that isn’t the case.","They assume that rich countries are the ones contributing the most troops to UN peacekeeping missions. But that isn’t the case.","Source: UN","According to the UN: “UN police and military personnel are \"contributed\" to serve under the blue flag from over 100 countries to carry out the mandates defined by the Security Council. Military operations aim to protect populations against threats and contribute to a secure environment. Policing is central in preventing, mitigating and resolving violent conflict and contributing to early peacebuilding and reconciliation. Uniformed personnel are contributed and deployed under several different types of arrangements.”\n\nThe latest ones we used are from August 2025, and show that Bangladesh (5,696), India (5,358), Nepal (6,033), Rwanda (5,891) and Ethiopia (1,543) each contribute over ten times more troops to UN missions than the UK (272), Germany (238) and South Korea (531) and more than a hundred times more than the US (20) and Switzerland (23).\n\nAccording to the UN: \"Peacekeeping soldiers are paid by their own Governments according to their own national rank and salary scale. Countries volunteering uniformed personnel to peacekeeping operations are reimbursed by the UN at a standard rate, approved by the General Assembly, of US$1,428 per soldier per month as of 1 July 2019.\n\n\"Police and other civilian personnel are paid from the peacekeeping budgets established for each operation.\n\n\"The UN also reimburses Member States for providing equipment, personnel and support services to military or police contingents.\"\n\n[1]  [UN - Troop and Police Contributors](https:\u002F\u002Fpeacekeeping.un.org\u002Fen\u002Ftroop-and-police-contributors)\n[2]  [Gapminder's tool  showing data for individual countries](https:\u002F\u002Fgapm.io\u002Fvpk)\n[3]  [United Nations Peacekeeping –How We Are Funded](https:\u002F\u002Fpeacekeeping.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fhow-we-are-funded)\n[4]  For this question we consulted three independent experts, including Richard Caplan of Oxford University.","Over the last five years, low- and-middle income countries like Ethiopia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, India and Nepal have sent more troops on peacekeeping missions than high-income countries like France, the USA, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden. \n\nRich countries gain a lot from maintaining peace and usually authorize the missions but do little of the work on the ground.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nWhen we see coverage of conflict and humanitarian crises, we often view them from the perspective of the richest countries flying in to save the day. It can be hard to recognize that peace is more likely to be maintained by troops from low- and middle-income countries.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIt is vitally important for people to realize that peace in some of the world's toughest situations is maintained by troops and police officers from countries that are poor and do not necessarily have a reputation for leading international efforts.\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes. The [figures](https:\u002F\u002Fpeacekeeping.un.org\u002Fen\u002Ftroop-and-police-contributors) come directly from the UN. The latest ones we used are from August 2025, and show that Bangladesh (5,696), India (5,358), Nepal (6,033), Rwanda (5,891) and Ethiopia (1,543) each contribute over ten times more troops to UN missions than the UK (272), Germany (238) and South Korea (531) and more than a hundred times more than the US (20) and Switzerland (23).\nYou can also see [Gapminder's tool  showing data for individual countries](https:\u002F\u002Fgapm.io\u002Fvpk). The soldiers involved in peacekeeping missions are paid by their own governments according to their own national rank and salary scale. Countries volunteering uniformed personnel to peacekeeping operations are paid by the UN at a standard rate of US$1,428 per soldier per month.","Few blue helmets come from rich countries"]