European Union - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in European Union was 1,910,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,557,200 in 1995 and a minimum value of 1,910,000 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.

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

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Year Value
1985 3,093,700
1989 3,387,000
1990 3,207,000
1991 3,109,000
1992 3,046,000
1993 3,013,000
1994 3,012,000
1995 3,557,200
1996 3,471,450
1997 3,304,110
1998 3,227,500
1999 3,086,780
2000 2,862,000
2001 2,691,900
2002 2,647,500
2003 2,536,700
2004 2,392,112
2005 2,412,862
2006 2,294,862
2007 2,257,862
2008 2,254,962
2009 2,069,093
2010 2,101,107
2011 2,004,680
2012 2,025,550
2013 2,005,400
2014 1,995,100
2015 1,979,130
2016 1,967,550
2017 1,919,000
2018 1,919,805
2019 1,910,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in European Union was 0.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.83 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.88 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 1.81
1991 1.73
1992 1.63
1993 1.56
1994 1.55
1995 1.83
1996 1.79
1997 1.69
1998 1.64
1999 1.56
2000 1.44
2001 1.35
2002 1.32
2003 1.26
2004 1.18
2005 1.17
2006 1.11
2007 1.08
2008 1.07
2009 0.98
2010 0.99
2011 0.95
2012 0.95
2013 0.94
2014 0.93
2015 0.92
2016 0.91
2017 0.89
2018 0.88
2019 0.88

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade