Paraguay - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Paraguay was 29,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of 14,400 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 14,400
1989 16,000
1990 16,000
1991 16,000
1992 16,000
1993 16,000
1994 16,000
1995 28,300
1996 35,000
1997 35,000
1998 35,000
1999 35,000
2000 35,000
2001 33,400
2002 33,400
2003 33,400
2004 24,000
2005 25,000
2006 26,000
2007 26,000
2008 26,000
2009 25,450
2010 25,450
2011 25,450
2012 25,450
2013 25,450
2014 25,450
2015 25,450
2016 25,450
2017 27,000
2018 28,950
2019 29,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Paraguay was 0.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.71 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.77 in 2016.

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.

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Year Value
1990 0.94
1991 0.91
1992 0.89
1993 0.86
1994 0.83
1995 1.42
1996 1.71
1997 1.66
1998 1.62
1999 1.58
2000 1.54
2001 1.44
2002 1.40
2003 1.39
2004 0.92
2005 0.95
2006 1.01
2007 0.96
2008 0.93
2009 0.89
2010 0.90
2011 0.88
2012 0.82
2013 0.82
2014 0.82
2015 0.81
2016 0.77
2017 0.80
2018 0.82
2019 0.80

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade