United States - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in United States was 1,388,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,240,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 1,347,300 in 2015.

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 2,151,600
1989 2,240,000
1990 2,180,000
1991 2,120,000
1992 1,920,000
1993 1,820,000
1994 1,720,000
1995 1,635,600
1996 1,572,100
1997 1,533,300
1998 1,594,000
1999 1,575,000
2000 1,454,800
2001 1,420,700
2002 1,467,000
2003 1,480,000
2004 1,473,000
2005 1,546,000
2006 1,498,000
2007 1,555,000
2008 1,540,000
2009 1,563,996
2010 1,569,417
2011 1,520,100
2012 1,492,200
2013 1,433,150
2014 1,381,250
2015 1,347,300
2016 1,348,400
2017 1,359,000
2018 1,379,800
2019 1,388,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in United States was 0.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.70 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.83 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 1.70
1991 1.64
1992 1.46
1993 1.37
1994 1.28
1995 1.20
1996 1.14
1997 1.09
1998 1.12
1999 1.09
2000 1.00
2001 0.96
2002 0.99
2003 0.99
2004 0.98
2005 1.02
2006 0.97
2007 1.00
2008 0.98
2009 1.00
2010 1.00
2011 0.97
2012 0.95
2013 0.91
2014 0.87
2015 0.84
2016 0.83
2017 0.83
2018 0.84
2019 0.83

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade