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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	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5469501219 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101279 · revision 1 Value 0.5469501219 · 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: 0.5469501219 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.50 Exact value 0.4951678151 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101278 · revision 1 Value 0.4951678151 · 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: 0.4951678151 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.48 Exact value 0.4842562538 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101277 · revision 1 Value 0.4842562538 · 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: 0.4842562538 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.46 Exact value 0.4602561787 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101276 · revision 1 Value 0.4602561787 · 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: 0.4602561787 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.44 Exact value 0.4408893203 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101275 · revision 1 Value 0.4408893203 · 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: 0.4408893203 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.62 Exact value 0.6152809136 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101274 · revision 1 Value 0.6152809136 · 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: 0.6152809136 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.61 Exact value 0.6095584122 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101273 · revision 1 Value 0.6095584122 · 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: 0.6095584122 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.53 Exact value 0.5302464436 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101272 · revision 1 Value 0.5302464436 · 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: 0.5302464436 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5504233882 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101271 · revision 1 Value 0.5504233882 · 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: 0.5504233882 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5453782470 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101270 · revision 1 Value 0.5453782470 · 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: 0.5453782470 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5531678088 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101269 · revision 1 Value 0.5531678088 · 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: 0.5531678088 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.53 Exact value 0.5321759859 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101268 · revision 1 Value 0.5321759859 · 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: 0.5321759859 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.52 Exact value 0.5193275532 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101267 · revision 1 Value 0.5193275532 · 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: 0.5193275532 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.51 Exact value 0.5097310907 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101266 · revision 1 Value 0.5097310907 · 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: 0.5097310907 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.50 Exact value 0.5040695461 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101265 · revision 1 Value 0.5040695461 · 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: 0.5040695461 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.50 Exact value 0.4977034149 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101264 · revision 1 Value 0.4977034149 · 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: 0.4977034149 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 0.47 Exact value 0.4731223982 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101263 · revision 1 Value 0.4731223982 · 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: 0.4731223982 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3763925841 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101262 · revision 1 Value 0.3763925841 · 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: 0.3763925841 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.37 Exact value 0.3747826225 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101261 · revision 1 Value 0.3747826225 · 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: 0.3747826225 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3814070016 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101260 · revision 1 Value 0.3814070016 · 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: 0.3814070016 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3805532832 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101259 · revision 1 Value 0.3805532832 · 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: 0.3805532832 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3784006683 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101258 · revision 1 Value 0.3784006683 · 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: 0.3784006683 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3841993993 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101257 · revision 1 Value 0.3841993993 · 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: 0.3841993993 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3840866172 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101256 · revision 1 Value 0.3840866172 · 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: 0.3840866172 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.38 Exact value 0.3835358739 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101255 · revision 1 Value 0.3835358739 · 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: 0.3835358739 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3639845966 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101254 · revision 1 Value 0.3639845966 · 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: 0.3639845966 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3451000808 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101253 · revision 1 Value 0.3451000808 · 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: 0.3451000808 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3458823461 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101252 · revision 1 Value 0.3458823461 · 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: 0.3458823461 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3469053395 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101251 · revision 1 Value 0.3469053395 · 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: 0.3469053395 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.33 Exact value 0.3267053816 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101250 · revision 1 Value 0.3267053816 · 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: 0.3267053816 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.33 Exact value 0.3331678061 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101249 · revision 1 Value 0.3331678061 · 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: 0.3331678061 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101248 · 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 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101247 · 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 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101246 · 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 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101245 · 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 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101244 · 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 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified

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