World - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in World was 27,671,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30,196,640 in 1996 and a minimum value of 22,209,230 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 22,209,230
1989 24,298,000
1990 23,918,000
1991 22,726,000
1992 24,533,000
1993 23,741,000
1994 23,195,000
1995 30,182,200
1996 30,196,640
1997 29,863,220
1998 29,926,660
1999 29,584,140
2000 29,353,100
2001 28,211,700
2002 28,306,950
2003 28,161,400
2004 27,081,140
2005 28,539,440
2006 27,029,680
2007 27,253,880
2008 27,493,340
2009 27,924,100
2010 28,133,970
2011 28,020,080
2012 28,154,370
2013 27,206,620
2014 27,309,630
2015 27,437,280
2016 27,542,350
2017 27,414,000
2018 27,645,320
2019 27,671,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in World was 0.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 1.20 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.80 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 1.11
1991 1.03
1992 1.03
1993 0.98
1994 0.94
1995 1.20
1996 1.18
1997 1.15
1998 1.13
1999 1.10
2000 1.07
2001 1.02
2002 1.01
2003 0.98
2004 0.95
2005 0.96
2006 0.96
2007 0.90
2008 0.90
2009 0.90
2010 0.90
2011 0.89
2012 0.88
2013 0.85
2014 0.84
2015 0.83
2016 0.83
2017 0.81
2018 0.81
2019 0.80

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade