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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	≈ 6.93 Exact value 6.9273835272 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101891 · revision 1 Value 6.9273835272 · 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: 6.9273835272 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 6.85 Exact value 6.8474879979 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101890 · revision 1 Value 6.8474879979 · 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: 6.8474879979 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 4.00 Exact value 3.9989397097 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101889 · revision 1 Value 3.9989397097 · 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: 3.9989397097 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 3.98 Exact value 3.9758305851 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101888 · revision 1 Value 3.9758305851 · 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: 3.9758305851 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 3.15 Exact value 3.1531240365 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101887 · revision 1 Value 3.1531240365 · 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: 3.1531240365 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 2.77 Exact value 2.7703374606 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101886 · revision 1 Value 2.7703374606 · 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: 2.7703374606 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 2.63 Exact value 2.6334191961 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101885 · revision 1 Value 2.6334191961 · 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: 2.6334191961 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 1.73 Exact value 1.7325188302 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101884 · revision 1 Value 1.7325188302 · 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: 1.7325188302 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 1.72 Exact value 1.7168575856 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101883 · revision 1 Value 1.7168575856 · 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: 1.7168575856 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 1.97 Exact value 1.9673032057 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101882 · revision 1 Value 1.9673032057 · 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: 1.9673032057 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 1.80 Exact value 1.7986633696 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101881 · revision 1 Value 1.7986633696 · 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: 1.7986633696 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 1.53 Exact value 1.5300804316 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101880 · revision 1 Value 1.5300804316 · 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: 1.5300804316 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 1.52 Exact value 1.5188274903 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101879 · revision 1 Value 1.5188274903 · 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: 1.5188274903 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 1.51 Exact value 1.5071160824 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101878 · revision 1 Value 1.5071160824 · 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: 1.5071160824 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 1.55 Exact value 1.5462623129 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101877 · revision 1 Value 1.5462623129 · 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: 1.5462623129 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 1.55 Exact value 1.5515865789 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101876 · revision 1 Value 1.5515865789 · 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: 1.5515865789 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 1.54 Exact value 1.5370097798 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101875 · revision 1 Value 1.5370097798 · 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: 1.5370097798 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 1.53 Exact value 1.5257386081 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101874 · revision 1 Value 1.5257386081 · 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: 1.5257386081 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 1.52 Exact value 1.5168083319 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101873 · revision 1 Value 1.5168083319 · 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: 1.5168083319 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 1.47 Exact value 1.4682768575 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101872 · revision 1 Value 1.4682768575 · 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: 1.4682768575 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 1.48 Exact value 1.4815352630 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101871 · revision 1 Value 1.4815352630 · 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: 1.4815352630 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 1.47 Exact value 1.4740920033 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101870 · revision 1 Value 1.4740920033 · 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: 1.4740920033 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 1.47 Exact value 1.4664539434 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101869 · revision 1 Value 1.4664539434 · 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: 1.4664539434 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 1.46 Exact value 1.4589589062 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101868 · revision 1 Value 1.4589589062 · 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: 1.4589589062 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 1.45 Exact value 1.4532690276 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101867 · revision 1 Value 1.4532690276 · 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: 1.4532690276 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 1.45 Exact value 1.4470016019 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101866 · revision 1 Value 1.4470016019 · 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: 1.4470016019 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 1.44 Exact value 1.4438367581 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101865 · revision 1 Value 1.4438367581 · 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: 1.4438367581 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 1.45 Exact value 1.4526535297 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101864 · revision 1 Value 1.4526535297 · 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: 1.4526535297 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 1.45 Exact value 1.4546899491 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101863 · revision 1 Value 1.4546899491 · 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: 1.4546899491 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 1.46 Exact value 1.4602486688 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101862 · revision 1 Value 1.4602486688 · 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: 1.4602486688 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 1.54 Exact value 1.5374289091 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101861 · revision 1 Value 1.5374289091 · 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: 1.5374289091 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101860 · 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 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101859 · 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 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101858 · 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 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101857 · 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 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #101856 · 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 04:48:36 · source revision unspecified

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