IDA blend - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in IDA blend was 1,359,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,373,340 in 2018 and a minimum value of 661,100 in 1985.

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 661,100
1989 744,000
1990 751,000
1991 767,000
1992 800,000
1993 797,000
1994 776,000
1995 1,122,950
1996 1,109,650
1997 1,163,150
1998 1,177,050
1999 1,188,100
2000 1,220,800
2001 1,283,000
2002 1,280,700
2003 1,273,400
2004 1,278,000
2005 1,296,000
2006 1,231,000
2007 1,294,000
2008 1,294,000
2009 1,294,152
2010 1,319,252
2011 1,300,130
2012 1,300,830
2013 1,300,830
2014 1,278,830
2015 1,327,030
2016 1,328,730
2017 1,346,000
2018 1,373,340
2019 1,359,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in IDA blend was 0.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.06 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.69 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 0.89
1991 0.89
1992 0.82
1993 0.81
1994 0.75
1995 1.06
1996 1.02
1997 1.03
1998 1.01
1999 0.99
2000 0.99
2001 1.01
2002 0.99
2003 0.95
2004 0.93
2005 0.92
2006 1.04
2007 0.87
2008 0.85
2009 0.83
2010 0.82
2011 0.79
2012 0.78
2013 0.77
2014 0.74
2015 0.74
2016 0.73
2017 0.72
2018 0.72
2019 0.69

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade