Fragile and conflict affected situations - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 3,276,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,719,930 in 2012 and a minimum value of 2,017,000 in 1992.

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 2,439,550
1989 2,659,000
1990 3,181,000
1991 2,136,000
1992 2,017,000
1993 2,094,000
1994 2,032,000
1995 3,091,550
1996 3,178,950
1997 3,151,500
1998 3,170,350
1999 3,379,600
2000 3,398,800
2001 2,920,400
2002 3,112,050
2003 3,109,900
2004 2,597,500
2005 2,717,250
2007 2,916,250
2008 3,179,250
2009 3,453,970
2010 3,711,908
2011 3,705,274
2012 3,719,930
2013 3,001,750
2014 3,151,900
2015 3,190,450
2016 3,105,880
2017 3,117,000
2018 3,235,150
2019 3,276,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 1.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 2.10 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1.01 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 2.10
1991 1.38
1992 1.22
1993 1.24
1994 1.17
1995 1.69
1996 1.69
1997 1.64
1998 1.60
1999 1.67
2000 1.63
2001 1.42
2002 1.44
2003 1.40
2004 1.16
2005 1.18
2007 1.21
2008 1.29
2009 1.36
2010 1.40
2011 1.36
2012 1.34
2013 1.06
2014 1.09
2015 1.08
2016 1.03
2017 1.01
2018 1.02
2019 1.01

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade