High income - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in High income was 5,341,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,679,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 5,334,435 in 2018.

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 7,243,500
1989 7,679,000
1990 7,591,000
1991 7,502,000
1992 7,217,000
1993 7,157,000
1994 7,006,000
1995 7,263,000
1996 7,104,440
1997 7,017,200
1998 7,012,630
1999 6,885,330
2000 6,545,200
2001 6,425,600
2002 6,400,500
2003 6,270,700
2004 6,091,322
2005 6,353,872
2006 6,019,632
2007 6,041,982
2008 6,024,442
2009 5,883,351
2010 5,911,826
2011 5,775,466
2012 5,774,270
2013 5,698,840
2014 5,537,590
2015 5,486,370
2016 5,510,080
2017 5,366,000
2018 5,334,435
2019 5,341,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in High income was 0.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.65 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.87 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 1.65
1991 1.61
1992 1.52
1993 1.47
1994 1.43
1995 1.47
1996 1.42
1997 1.39
1998 1.38
1999 1.34
2000 1.26
2001 1.23
2002 1.22
2003 1.18
2004 1.14
2005 1.17
2006 1.10
2007 1.09
2008 1.07
2009 1.04
2010 1.04
2011 1.01
2012 1.00
2013 0.98
2014 0.95
2015 0.93
2016 0.93
2017 0.89
2018 0.88
2019 0.87

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade