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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	≈ 0.99 Exact value 0.9859901752 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101423 · revision 1 Value 0.9859901752 · 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: 0.9859901752 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.96 Exact value 0.9558432290 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101422 · revision 1 Value 0.9558432290 · 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: 0.9558432290 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 1.03 Exact value 1.0297643075 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101421 · revision 1 Value 1.0297643075 · 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: 1.0297643075 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 1.00 Exact value 0.9967237690 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101420 · revision 1 Value 0.9967237690 · 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: 0.9967237690 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.97 Exact value 0.9652099718 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101419 · revision 1 Value 0.9652099718 · 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: 0.9652099718 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 1.56 Exact value 1.5646226636 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101418 · revision 1 Value 1.5646226636 · 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: 1.5646226636 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 1.36 Exact value 1.3646387528 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101417 · revision 1 Value 1.3646387528 · 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: 1.3646387528 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 1.34 Exact value 1.3373000625 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101416 · revision 1 Value 1.3373000625 · 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: 1.3373000625 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 1.31 Exact value 1.3087577707 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101415 · revision 1 Value 1.3087577707 · 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: 1.3087577707 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 1.27 Exact value 1.2701294347 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101414 · revision 1 Value 1.2701294347 · 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: 1.2701294347 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 1.21 Exact value 1.2119478669 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101413 · revision 1 Value 1.2119478669 · 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: 1.2119478669 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.93 Exact value 0.9267654496 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101412 · revision 1 Value 0.9267654496 · 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: 0.9267654496 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.90 Exact value 0.9047740402 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101411 · revision 1 Value 0.9047740402 · 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: 0.9047740402 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.88 Exact value 0.8781655122 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101410 · revision 1 Value 0.8781655122 · 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: 0.8781655122 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.85 Exact value 0.8453061558 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101409 · revision 1 Value 0.8453061558 · 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: 0.8453061558 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.81 Exact value 0.8121860393 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101408 · revision 1 Value 0.8121860393 · 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: 0.8121860393 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2006	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101407 · 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
2007	≈ 0.75 Exact value 0.7495090716 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101406 · revision 1 Value 0.7495090716 · 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: 0.7495090716 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.73 Exact value 0.7252157517 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101405 · revision 1 Value 0.7252157517 · 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: 0.7252157517 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.70 Exact value 0.6955352434 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101404 · revision 1 Value 0.6955352434 · 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: 0.6955352434 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.67 Exact value 0.6664559925 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101403 · revision 1 Value 0.6664559925 · 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: 0.6664559925 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.65 Exact value 0.6469292157 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101402 · revision 1 Value 0.6469292157 · 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: 0.6469292157 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.63 Exact value 0.6316979726 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101401 · revision 1 Value 0.6316979726 · 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: 0.6316979726 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.62 Exact value 0.6196327540 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101400 · revision 1 Value 0.6196327540 · 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: 0.6196327540 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.61 Exact value 0.6074485339 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101399 · revision 1 Value 0.6074485339 · 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: 0.6074485339 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.59 Exact value 0.5949503588 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101398 · revision 1 Value 0.5949503588 · 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: 0.5949503588 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.58 Exact value 0.5818658596 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101397 · revision 1 Value 0.5818658596 · 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: 0.5818658596 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.57 Exact value 0.5681627180 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101396 · revision 1 Value 0.5681627180 · 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: 0.5681627180 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5541959794 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101395 · revision 1 Value 0.5541959794 · 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: 0.5541959794 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2019	0 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101394 · revision 1 Value 0.0000000000 · 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: 0.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5515798396 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101393 · revision 1 Value 0.5515798396 · 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: 0.5515798396 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:34 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101392 · 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 #101391 · 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 #101390 · 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 #101389 · 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 #101388 · 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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