Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 1,605,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,816,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of 793,330 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 793,330
1989 1,008,000
1990 1,020,000
1991 853,000
1992 821,000
1993 859,000
1994 799,000
1995 1,569,850
1996 1,599,650
1997 1,599,300
1998 1,575,950
1999 1,754,750
2000 1,816,000
2001 1,251,200
2002 1,376,550
2003 1,317,400
2004 1,183,800
2005 1,213,800
2007 1,237,000
2008 1,283,000
2009 1,453,713
2010 1,486,138
2011 1,628,750
2012 1,644,050
2013 1,631,670
2014 1,634,820
2015 1,638,270
2016 1,526,100
2017 1,506,000
2018 1,491,900
2019 1,605,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.02 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.48 in 2018.

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 0.75
1991 0.61
1992 0.57
1993 0.58
1994 0.53
1995 0.98
1996 0.97
1997 0.94
1998 0.90
1999 0.98
2000 1.02
2001 0.71
2002 0.73
2003 0.68
2004 0.59
2005 0.58
2007 0.56
2008 0.57
2009 0.63
2010 0.63
2011 0.67
2012 0.66
2013 0.64
2014 0.60
2015 0.59
2016 0.53
2017 0.51
2018 0.48
2019 0.51

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade