Brazil - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Brazil was 762,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 762,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 276,000 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 276,000
1989 319,000
1990 295,000
1991 295,000
1992 296,000
1993 296,000
1994 296,000
1995 680,600
1996 680,600
1997 700,300
1998 698,850
1999 676,600
2000 673,200
2001 673,200
2002 673,200
2003 673,200
2004 687,000
2005 673,000
2006 754,000
2007 721,000
2008 721,000
2009 713,480
2010 713,480
2011 713,480
2012 713,480
2013 713,480
2014 729,500
2015 729,500
2016 729,500
2017 730,000
2018 761,500
2019 762,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Brazil was 0.730 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.998 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.446 in 1994.

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 0.498
1991 0.487
1992 0.474
1993 0.460
1994 0.446
1995 0.994
1996 0.998
1997 0.989
1998 0.961
1999 0.902
2000 0.870
2001 0.845
2002 0.819
2003 0.803
2004 0.795
2005 0.757
2006 0.838
2007 0.791
2008 0.780
2009 0.757
2010 0.759
2011 0.761
2012 0.752
2013 0.742
2014 0.751
2015 0.739
2016 0.731
2017 0.719
2018 0.742
2019 0.730

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade