Upper middle income - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Upper middle income was 8,574,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,093,700 in 1995 and a minimum value of 6,935,000 in 1991.

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 7,548,600
1989 8,301,000
1990 8,086,000
1991 6,935,000
1992 8,780,000
1993 8,175,000
1994 8,162,000
1995 11,093,700
1996 11,042,900
1997 10,613,870
1998 10,724,730
1999 10,349,660
2000 10,395,300
2001 10,009,400
2002 9,850,700
2003 9,799,400
2004 9,535,770
2005 9,602,770
2006 9,898,900
2007 9,028,900
2008 9,231,900
2009 9,449,113
2010 9,453,088
2011 9,389,583
2012 9,427,624
2013 8,720,733
2014 8,779,840
2015 8,766,760
2016 8,572,190
2017 8,559,000
2018 8,734,630
2019 8,574,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Upper middle income was 0.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.05 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.65 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 0.92
1991 0.77
1992 0.88
1993 0.80
1994 0.78
1995 1.05
1996 1.03
1997 0.98
1998 0.98
1999 0.93
2000 0.92
2001 0.88
2002 0.85
2003 0.84
2004 0.81
2005 0.80
2006 0.82
2007 0.74
2008 0.75
2009 0.77
2010 0.77
2011 0.76
2012 0.75
2013 0.69
2014 0.69
2015 0.68
2016 0.66
2017 0.66
2018 0.67
2019 0.65

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade