Middle income - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Middle income was 18,809,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,891,050 in 1996 and a minimum value of 12,801,000 in 1991.

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 13,050,200
1989 14,322,000
1990 13,739,000
1991 12,801,000
1992 14,970,000
1993 14,301,000
1994 14,031,000
1995 19,709,850
1996 19,891,050
1997 19,635,320
1998 19,725,530
1999 19,333,510
2000 19,363,000
2001 18,860,900
2002 18,840,900
2003 18,887,700
2004 18,130,020
2005 19,300,770
2006 19,053,300
2007 18,305,900
2008 18,514,900
2009 18,830,720
2010 18,821,250
2011 18,856,710
2012 18,977,000
2013 18,142,130
2014 18,282,640
2015 18,461,560
2016 18,531,170
2017 18,550,000
2018 18,839,130
2019 18,809,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Middle income was 0.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.04 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.73 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 0.87
1991 0.79
1992 0.84
1993 0.79
1994 0.76
1995 1.04
1996 1.04
1997 1.00
1998 0.99
1999 0.95
2000 0.94
2001 0.90
2002 0.89
2003 0.87
2004 0.84
2005 0.86
2006 0.87
2007 0.80
2008 0.80
2009 0.81
2010 0.80
2011 0.80
2012 0.79
2013 0.75
2014 0.75
2015 0.75
2016 0.74
2017 0.74
2018 0.74
2019 0.73

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade