IBRD only - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in IBRD only was 16,563,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,944,220 in 1996 and a minimum value of 11,462,000 in 1991.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1985 12,145,100
1989 13,109,000
1990 12,480,000
1991 11,462,000
1992 13,764,000
1993 13,061,000
1994 12,873,000
1995 17,886,300
1996 17,944,220
1997 17,595,920
1998 17,665,530
1999 17,240,780
2000 17,285,300
2001 16,811,400
2002 16,652,100
2003 16,618,100
2004 15,818,510
2005 16,905,310
2006 16,649,070
2007 15,892,420
2008 16,104,250
2009 16,372,870
2010 16,356,840
2011 16,407,580
2012 16,582,090
2013 15,803,150
2014 16,093,010
2015 16,221,580
2016 16,311,410
2017 16,432,000
2018 16,694,110
2019 16,563,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in IBRD only was 0.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.06 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.75 in 2013.

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 0.88
1991 0.79
1992 0.86
1993 0.80
1994 0.77
1995 1.06
1996 1.05
1997 1.01
1998 1.00
1999 0.96
2000 0.94
2001 0.91
2002 0.88
2003 0.87
2004 0.83
2005 0.86
2006 0.84
2007 0.79
2008 0.79
2009 0.80
2010 0.80
2011 0.79
2012 0.79
2013 0.75
2014 0.76
2015 0.76
2016 0.76
2017 0.76
2018 0.76
2019 0.75

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade