Netherlands - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Netherlands was 41,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 41,000 in 2007.

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 105,500
1989 106,000
1990 104,000
1991 104,000
1992 90,000
1993 86,000
1994 77,000
1995 78,000
1996 66,700
1997 60,800
1998 60,780
1999 60,000
2000 57,100
2001 55,600
2002 52,900
2003 59,900
2004 53,000
2005 60,000
2006 46,000
2007 41,000
2008 47,000
2009 43,279
2010 43,279
2011 43,300
2012 43,300
2013 43,300
2014 41,900
2015 41,310
2016 41,310
2017 41,000
2018 41,410
2019 41,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Netherlands was 0.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.49 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.43 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 1.49
1991 1.46
1992 1.25
1993 1.18
1994 1.04
1995 1.04
1996 0.88
1997 0.78
1998 0.77
1999 0.74
2000 0.69
2001 0.66
2002 0.62
2003 0.70
2004 0.61
2005 0.71
2006 0.54
2007 0.47
2008 0.53
2009 0.49
2010 0.49
2011 0.49
2012 0.48
2013 0.48
2014 0.46
2015 0.46
2016 0.45
2017 0.45
2018 0.45
2019 0.43

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade