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Armed forces personnel share of labor force

Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity.

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Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity.

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Armed forces personnel share of labor force

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Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 0.59 Exact value 0.5935678126 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101207 · revision 1 Value 0.5935678126 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5935678126 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.58 Exact value 0.5840832691 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101206 · revision 1 Value 0.5840832691 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5840832691 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.56 Exact value 0.5581840123 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101205 · revision 1 Value 0.5581840123 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5581840123 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.51 Exact value 0.5143350595 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101204 · revision 1 Value 0.5143350595 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5143350595 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.50 Exact value 0.5028027229 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101203 · revision 1 Value 0.5028027229 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5028027229 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.50 Exact value 0.5040044049 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101202 · revision 1 Value 0.5040044049 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5040044049 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.53 Exact value 0.5260180526 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101201 · revision 1 Value 0.5260180526 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.5260180526 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.47 Exact value 0.4717826597 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101200 · revision 1 Value 0.4717826597 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4717826597 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.45 Exact value 0.4471039013 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101199 · revision 1 Value 0.4471039013 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4471039013 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.44 Exact value 0.4392592939 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101198 · revision 1 Value 0.4392592939 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4392592939 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.42 Exact value 0.4231811074 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101197 · revision 1 Value 0.4231811074 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4231811074 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.40 Exact value 0.4017040517 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101196 · revision 1 Value 0.4017040517 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4017040517 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3635949172 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101195 · revision 1 Value 0.3635949172 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3635949172 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3552139351 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101194 · revision 1 Value 0.3552139351 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3552139351 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.40 Exact value 0.4044464962 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101193 · revision 1 Value 0.4044464962 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4044464962 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.40 Exact value 0.4009934471 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101192 · revision 1 Value 0.4009934471 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.4009934471 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3559464243 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101191 · revision 1 Value 0.3559464243 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3559464243 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3499282620 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101190 · revision 1 Value 0.3499282620 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3499282620 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3444642655 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101189 · revision 1 Value 0.3444642655 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3444642655 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3505625606 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101188 · revision 1 Value 0.3505625606 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3505625606 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3469908290 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101187 · revision 1 Value 0.3469908290 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3469908290 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3437539977 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101186 · revision 1 Value 0.3437539977 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3437539977 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3414002770 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101185 · revision 1 Value 0.3414002770 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3414002770 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3361480058 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101184 · revision 1 Value 0.3361480058 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3361480058 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3582577466 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101183 · revision 1 Value 0.3582577466 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3582577466 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3425362071 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101182 · revision 1 Value 0.3425362071 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3425362071 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3399223376 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101181 · revision 1 Value 0.3399223376 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3399223376 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3572240654 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101180 · revision 1 Value 0.3572240654 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3572240654 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3550526841 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101179 · revision 1 Value 0.3550526841 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3550526841 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3461632491 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101178 · revision 1 Value 0.3461632491 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3461632491 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3511281675 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101177 · revision 1 Value 0.3511281675 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 0.3511281675 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101176 · revision 1 Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101175 · revision 1 Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101174 · revision 1 Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101173 · revision 1 Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101172 · revision 1 Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:33 · source revision unspecified

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