New Zealand - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in New Zealand was 9,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,400 in 1985 and a minimum value of 8,000 in 2004.

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 12,400
1989 12,000
1990 11,000
1991 11,000
1992 11,000
1993 11,000
1994 10,000
1995 10,100
1996 9,870
1997 9,550
1998 9,550
1999 9,530
2000 9,200
2001 9,200
2002 8,700
2003 8,600
2004 8,000
2005 9,000
2006 9,000
2007 9,000
2008 9,000
2009 9,673
2010 9,673
2011 8,550
2012 8,550
2013 8,500
2014 8,500
2015 8,950
2016 9,000
2017 9,000
2018 9,400
2019 9,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in New Zealand was 0.319 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.674 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.319 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.

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Year Value
1990 0.674
1991 0.642
1992 0.639
1993 0.633
1994 0.560
1995 0.552
1996 0.524
1997 0.501
1998 0.500
1999 0.495
2000 0.473
2001 0.465
2002 0.426
2003 0.413
2004 0.374
2005 0.410
2006 0.401
2007 0.395
2008 0.391
2009 0.418
2010 0.414
2011 0.361
2012 0.361
2013 0.354
2014 0.343
2015 0.353
2016 0.340
2017 0.328
2018 0.337
2019 0.319

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade