IDA total - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in IDA total was 4,578,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,683,200 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2,276,430 in 1985.

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 2,276,430
1989 2,647,000
1990 2,785,000
1991 2,687,000
1992 2,669,000
1993 2,707,000
1994 2,530,000
1995 4,282,800
1996 4,393,400
1997 4,449,300
1998 4,444,250
1999 4,644,800
2000 4,683,200
2001 4,077,900
2002 4,302,050
2003 4,287,000
2004 4,137,050
2005 4,190,800
2007 4,189,000
2008 4,236,000
2009 4,434,471
2010 4,631,896
2011 4,600,480
2012 4,616,380
2013 4,579,000
2014 4,556,750
2015 4,606,050
2016 4,525,730
2017 4,428,000
2018 4,435,440
2019 4,578,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in IDA total was 0.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.24 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.71 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. 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 0.97
1991 0.91
1992 0.85
1993 0.84
1994 0.76
1995 1.24
1996 1.23
1997 1.21
1998 1.18
1999 1.20
2000 1.19
2001 1.03
2002 1.04
2003 1.01
2004 0.95
2005 0.94
2007 0.89
2008 0.88
2009 0.90
2010 0.91
2011 0.88
2012 0.87
2013 0.85
2014 0.81
2015 0.80
2016 0.77
2017 0.73
2018 0.71
2019 0.72

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade