Argentina - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Argentina was 103,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 108,000 in 1985 and a minimum value of 65,000 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 108,000
1989 95,000
1990 85,000
1991 70,000
1992 65,000
1993 65,000
1994 69,000
1995 98,500
1996 103,700
1997 104,240
1998 104,240
1999 101,740
2000 102,300
2001 101,300
2002 101,100
2003 102,600
2004 102,000
2005 102,000
2006 107,000
2007 107,000
2008 107,000
2009 104,340
2010 104,340
2011 104,350
2012 104,350
2013 105,650
2014 105,650
2015 105,450
2016 105,450
2017 105,000
2018 105,200
2019 103,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Argentina was 0.504 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.672 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.446 in 1993.

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 0.637
1991 0.509
1992 0.459
1993 0.446
1994 0.461
1995 0.653
1996 0.672
1997 0.657
1998 0.645
1999 0.626
2000 0.622
2001 0.614
2002 0.619
2003 0.611
2004 0.590
2005 0.586
2006 0.604
2007 0.603
2008 0.601
2009 0.575
2010 0.575
2011 0.562
2012 0.557
2013 0.560
2014 0.558
2015 0.552
2016 0.547
2017 0.540
2018 0.527
2019 0.504

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade