Tanzania - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Tanzania was 28,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50,000 in 1994 and a minimum value of 28,000 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.

See also:

Year Value
1985 40,400
1989 40,000
1990 40,000
1991 40,000
1992 46,000
1993 46,000
1994 50,000
1995 36,000
1996 36,000
1997 36,000
1998 35,400
1999 35,400
2000 35,400
2001 28,400
2002 28,400
2003 28,400
2004 28,000
2005 28,000
2007 28,000
2008 28,000
2009 28,400
2010 28,400
2011 28,400
2012 28,400
2013 28,400
2014 28,400
2015 28,400
2016 28,400
2017 28,000
2018 28,000
2019 28,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Tanzania was 0.103 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.368 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.103 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.338
1991 0.327
1992 0.363
1993 0.350
1994 0.368
1995 0.257
1996 0.250
1997 0.243
1998 0.233
1999 0.227
2000 0.221
2001 0.173
2002 0.167
2003 0.162
2004 0.155
2005 0.150
2007 0.142
2008 0.139
2009 0.138
2010 0.135
2011 0.132
2012 0.129
2013 0.126
2014 0.123
2015 0.119
2016 0.115
2017 0.110
2018 0.106
2019 0.103

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade