United Arab Emirates - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in United Arab Emirates was 63,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71,000 in 1995 and a minimum value of 41,500 in 2002.

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 43,000
1989 43,000
1990 66,000
1991 66,000
1992 55,000
1993 55,000
1994 60,000
1995 71,000
1996 65,500
1997 65,500
1998 65,500
1999 65,500
2000 66,000
2001 66,000
2002 41,500
2003 50,500
2004 50,000
2005 51,000
2006 51,000
2007 51,000
2008 51,000
2009 51,000
2010 51,000
2011 51,000
2012 51,000
2013 63,000
2014 63,000
2015 63,000
2016 63,000
2017 63,000
2018 63,000
2019 63,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in United Arab Emirates was 0.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 7.06 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.81 in 2012.

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 7.06
1991 6.56
1992 5.08
1993 4.73
1994 4.84
1995 5.38
1996 4.69
1997 4.41
1998 4.16
1999 3.93
2000 3.73
2001 3.43
2002 1.99
2003 2.22
2004 1.97
2005 1.76
2006 1.48
2007 1.25
2008 1.07
2009 0.95
2010 0.87
2011 0.83
2012 0.81
2013 1.00
2014 0.99
2015 0.99
2016 0.98
2017 0.96
2018 0.97
2019 0.95

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade