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

Cabo Verde

Values and evidence for Cabo Verde. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 0.81 Exact value 0.8061135653 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101531 · revision 1 Value 0.8061135653 · 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: 0.8061135653 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.79 Exact value 0.7886684123 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101530 · revision 1 Value 0.7886684123 · 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: 0.7886684123 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.77 Exact value 0.7719623282 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101529 · revision 1 Value 0.7719623282 · 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: 0.7719623282 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.76 Exact value 0.7557436518 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101528 · revision 1 Value 0.7557436518 · 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: 0.7557436518 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.74 Exact value 0.7399459839 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101527 · revision 1 Value 0.7399459839 · 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: 0.7399459839 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.83 Exact value 0.8333454108 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101526 · revision 1 Value 0.8333454108 · 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: 0.8333454108 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.82 Exact value 0.8162512066 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101525 · revision 1 Value 0.8162512066 · 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: 0.8162512066 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.80 Exact value 0.7993938509 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101524 · revision 1 Value 0.7993938509 · 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: 0.7993938509 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.78 Exact value 0.7826430195 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101523 · revision 1 Value 0.7826430195 · 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: 0.7826430195 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.80 Exact value 0.7991528979 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101522 · revision 1 Value 0.7991528979 · 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: 0.7991528979 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.78 Exact value 0.7805436487 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101521 · revision 1 Value 0.7805436487 · 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: 0.7805436487 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.82 Exact value 0.8240260646 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101520 · revision 1 Value 0.8240260646 · 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: 0.8240260646 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.80 Exact value 0.8027367147 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101519 · revision 1 Value 0.8027367147 · 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: 0.8027367147 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.78 Exact value 0.7827081703 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101518 · revision 1 Value 0.7827081703 · 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: 0.7827081703 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.59 Exact value 0.5876787278 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101517 · revision 1 Value 0.5876787278 · 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: 0.5876787278 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.57 Exact value 0.5742571983 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101516 · revision 1 Value 0.5742571983 · 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: 0.5742571983 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2006	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101515 · 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 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5500580311 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101514 · revision 1 Value 0.5500580311 · 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: 0.5500580311 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.54 Exact value 0.5391765695 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101513 · revision 1 Value 0.5391765695 · 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: 0.5391765695 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.63 Exact value 0.6349407918 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101512 · revision 1 Value 0.6349407918 · 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: 0.6349407918 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.59 Exact value 0.5871588363 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101511 · revision 1 Value 0.5871588363 · 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: 0.5871588363 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.58 Exact value 0.5773283170 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101510 · revision 1 Value 0.5773283170 · 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: 0.5773283170 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.57 Exact value 0.5698628055 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101509 · revision 1 Value 0.5698628055 · 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: 0.5698628055 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.56 Exact value 0.5638832762 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101508 · revision 1 Value 0.5638832762 · 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: 0.5638832762 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.56 Exact value 0.5591981099 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101507 · revision 1 Value 0.5591981099 · 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: 0.5591981099 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.56 Exact value 0.5557356551 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101506 · revision 1 Value 0.5557356551 · 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: 0.5557356551 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.55 Exact value 0.5535387270 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101505 · revision 1 Value 0.5535387270 · 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: 0.5535387270 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.46 Exact value 0.4601953990 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101504 · revision 1 Value 0.4601953990 · 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: 0.4601953990 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.59 Exact value 0.5873312646 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101503 · revision 1 Value 0.5873312646 · 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: 0.5873312646 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.47 Exact value 0.4728758417 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101502 · revision 1 Value 0.4728758417 · 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: 0.4728758417 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.51 Exact value 0.5080913548 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101501 · revision 1 Value 0.5080913548 · 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: 0.5080913548 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101500 · 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 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101499 · 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 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101498 · 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 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101497 · 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 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101496 · 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 04:48:35 · source revision unspecified

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