Euro area - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Euro area was 1,445,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,478,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 1,445,000 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.

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

See also:

Year Value
1985 2,235,400
1989 2,478,000
1990 2,449,000
1991 2,316,000
1992 2,226,000
1993 2,152,000
1994 2,159,000
1995 2,375,100
1996 2,364,050
1997 2,236,160
1998 2,179,920
1999 2,083,770
2000 1,894,300
2001 1,907,500
2002 1,926,000
2003 1,863,400
2004 1,817,512
2005 1,836,262
2006 1,772,262
2007 1,755,262
2008 1,750,362
2009 1,600,389
2010 1,636,093
2011 1,563,430
2012 1,536,150
2013 1,518,650
2014 1,493,200
2015 1,479,480
2016 1,480,450
2017 1,445,000
2018 1,449,660
2019 1,445,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Euro area was 0.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.86 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.87 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 1.86
1991 1.73
1992 1.61
1993 1.53
1994 1.53
1995 1.67
1996 1.65
1997 1.56
1998 1.50
1999 1.42
2000 1.28
2001 1.28
2002 1.28
2003 1.22
2004 1.18
2005 1.18
2006 1.12
2007 1.10
2008 1.09
2009 0.99
2010 1.01
2011 0.97
2012 0.95
2013 0.93
2014 0.91
2015 0.90
2016 0.90
2017 0.87
2018 0.87
2019 0.87

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade