Russia - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Russia was 1,454,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,900,000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 1,260,000 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.

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

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Year Value
1992 1,900,000
1993 1,500,000
1994 1,400,000
1995 1,800,000
1996 1,622,000
1997 1,823,000
1998 1,702,000
1999 1,482,100
2000 1,427,100
2001 1,386,200
2002 1,397,200
2003 1,369,700
2004 1,452,000
2005 1,452,000
2006 1,446,000
2007 1,476,000
2008 1,476,000
2009 1,495,000
2010 1,430,000
2011 1,364,000
2012 1,364,000
2013 1,260,000
2014 1,287,000
2015 1,490,000
2016 1,454,000
2017 1,454,000
2018 1,454,000
2019 1,454,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Russia was 1.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 2.62 in 1997, while its lowest value was 1.67 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
1992 2.51
1993 2.03
1994 1.94
1995 2.51
1996 2.29
1997 2.62
1998 2.47
1999 2.03
2000 1.95
2001 1.93
2002 1.91
2003 1.88
2004 1.97
2005 1.96
2006 1.94
2007 1.96
2008 1.94
2009 1.97
2010 1.88
2011 1.79
2012 1.80
2013 1.67
2014 1.71
2015 1.99
2016 1.94
2017 1.95
2018 1.95
2019 1.98

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade