Spain - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Spain was 199,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 320,000 in 1985 and a minimum value of 196,000 in 2017.

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 320,000
1989 277,000
1990 263,000
1991 246,000
1992 198,000
1993 204,000
1994 213,000
1995 281,600
1996 282,300
1997 273,250
1998 269,710
1999 262,260
2000 241,800
2001 214,700
2002 251,200
2003 224,000
2004 220,000
2005 220,000
2006 222,000
2007 222,000
2008 223,000
2009 222,422
2010 223,216
2011 215,700
2012 215,600
2013 213,950
2014 200,000
2015 199,950
2016 197,950
2017 196,000
2018 196,350
2019 199,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Spain was 0.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.74 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.85 in 2017.

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 1.74
1991 1.62
1992 1.25
1993 1.27
1994 1.30
1995 1.70
1996 1.68
1997 1.59
1998 1.55
1999 1.48
2000 1.32
2001 1.18
2002 1.32
2003 1.13
2004 1.07
2005 1.03
2006 1.01
2007 0.98
2008 0.96
2009 0.95
2010 0.94
2011 0.91
2012 0.91
2013 0.91
2014 0.86
2015 0.86
2016 0.85
2017 0.85
2018 0.85
2019 0.85

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade