Central Europe and the Baltics - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Central Europe and the Baltics was 508,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,139,000 in 1995 and a minimum value of 465,900 in 2011.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1985 763,000
1989 816,000
1990 662,000
1991 700,000
1992 755,000
1993 829,000
1994 839,000
1995 1,139,000
1996 1,064,650
1997 1,029,750
1998 1,019,730
1999 981,920
2000 945,000
2001 777,800
2002 717,800
2003 663,800
2004 595,000
2005 601,000
2006 544,000
2007 532,000
2008 522,000
2009 493,193
2010 488,712
2011 465,900
2012 519,910
2013 515,860
2014 522,010
2015 521,590
2016 510,860
2017 498,000
2018 516,745
2019 508,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 1.03 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 2.20 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.96 in 2011.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 1.74
1991 1.83
1992 1.67
1993 1.58
1994 1.61
1995 2.20
1996 2.08
1997 2.01
1998 2.00
1999 1.92
2000 1.85
2001 1.54
2002 1.46
2003 1.36
2004 1.22
2005 1.23
2006 1.12
2007 1.09
2008 1.07
2009 1.01
2010 1.00
2011 0.96
2012 1.06
2013 1.05
2014 1.06
2015 1.06
2016 1.04
2017 1.00
2018 1.04
2019 1.03

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade