Burkina Faso - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Burkina Faso was 11,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,000 in 2003 and a minimum value of 4,000 in 1985.

Definition: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

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Year Value
1985 4,000
1989 8,000
1990 10,000
1991 10,000
1992 9,000
1993 9,000
1994 9,000
1995 10,300
1996 10,300
1997 10,000
1998 10,250
1999 10,300
2000 11,300
2001 14,200
2002 14,400
2003 15,000
2004 10,250
2005 11,250
2007 11,250
2008 11,250
2009 11,450
2010 11,450
2011 11,450
2012 11,450
2013 11,450
2014 11,450
2015 11,450
2016 11,450
2017 11,000
2018 11,200
2019 11,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Burkina Faso was 0.150 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.295 in 2003, while its lowest value was 0.150 in 2019.

Definition: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

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Year Value
1990 0.256
1991 0.250
1992 0.221
1993 0.216
1994 0.212
1995 0.237
1996 0.233
1997 0.222
1998 0.223
1999 0.219
2000 0.235
2001 0.290
2002 0.289
2003 0.295
2004 0.198
2005 0.213
2007 0.205
2008 0.201
2009 0.201
2010 0.197
2011 0.193
2012 0.190
2013 0.186
2014 0.183
2015 0.177
2016 0.172
2017 0.160
2018 0.157
2019 0.150

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade