Germany - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Germany was 184,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 545,000 in 1990 and a minimum value of 177,300 in 2015.

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 478,000
1989 503,000
1990 545,000
1991 457,000
1992 442,000
1993 398,000
1994 362,000
1995 365,000
1996 383,500
1997 347,100
1998 333,500
1999 331,000
2000 221,100
2001 308,400
2002 296,000
2003 284,500
2004 284,000
2005 285,000
2006 246,000
2007 244,000
2008 244,000
2009 251,465
2010 251,465
2011 196,000
2012 186,450
2013 181,550
2014 178,600
2015 177,300
2016 179,100
2017 180,000
2018 181,400
2019 184,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Germany was 0.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.41 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 2017.

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 1.41
1991 1.15
1992 1.11
1993 1.00
1994 0.91
1995 0.92
1996 0.97
1997 0.87
1998 0.84
1999 0.83
2000 0.56
2001 0.77
2002 0.74
2003 0.71
2004 0.71
2005 0.69
2006 0.59
2007 0.58
2008 0.58
2009 0.60
2010 0.60
2011 0.47
2012 0.45
2013 0.43
2014 0.42
2015 0.42
2016 0.41
2017 0.41
2018 0.41
2019 0.41

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade