IDA only - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in IDA only was 3,219,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,462,400 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1,615,330 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.

See also:

Year Value
1985 1,615,330
1989 1,903,000
1990 2,034,000
1991 1,920,000
1992 1,869,000
1993 1,910,000
1994 1,754,000
1995 3,159,850
1996 3,283,750
1997 3,286,150
1998 3,267,200
1999 3,456,700
2000 3,462,400
2001 2,794,900
2002 3,021,350
2003 3,013,600
2004 2,859,050
2005 2,894,800
2007 2,895,000
2008 2,942,000
2009 3,140,319
2010 3,312,644
2011 3,300,350
2012 3,315,550
2013 3,278,170
2014 3,277,920
2015 3,279,020
2016 3,197,000
2017 3,082,000
2018 3,062,100
2019 3,219,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in IDA only was 0.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.33 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.71 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 1.00
1991 0.92
1992 0.86
1993 0.85
1994 0.77
1995 1.31
1996 1.33
1997 1.29
1998 1.25
1999 1.29
2000 1.28
2001 1.04
2002 1.07
2003 1.04
2004 0.96
2005 0.94
2007 0.90
2008 0.90
2009 0.93
2010 0.95
2011 0.93
2012 0.91
2013 0.88
2014 0.84
2015 0.82
2016 0.78
2017 0.73
2018 0.71
2019 0.73

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade