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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

Ghana

Values and evidence for Ghana. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 0.15 Exact value 0.1461729486 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102611 · revision 1 Value 0.1461729486 · 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: 0.1461729486 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.14 Exact value 0.1423540006 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102610 · revision 1 Value 0.1423540006 · 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: 0.1423540006 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1078239358 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102609 · revision 1 Value 0.1078239358 · 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: 0.1078239358 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.10 Exact value 0.1048137983 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102608 · revision 1 Value 0.1048137983 · 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: 0.1048137983 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.10 Exact value 0.1018082601 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102607 · revision 1 Value 0.1018082601 · 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: 0.1018082601 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.18 Exact value 0.1809756425 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102606 · revision 1 Value 0.1809756425 · 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: 0.1809756425 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.20 Exact value 0.1994991608 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102605 · revision 1 Value 0.1994991608 · 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: 0.1994991608 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1068866251 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102604 · revision 1 Value 0.1068866251 · 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: 0.1068866251 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.10 Exact value 0.1035787091 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102603 · revision 1 Value 0.1035787091 · 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: 0.1035787091 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.10 Exact value 0.1004071132 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102602 · revision 1 Value 0.1004071132 · 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: 0.1004071132 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.10 Exact value 0.0973515155 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102601 · revision 1 Value 0.0973515155 · 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: 0.0973515155 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.08 Exact value 0.0824529906 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102600 · revision 1 Value 0.0824529906 · 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: 0.0824529906 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.08 Exact value 0.0797231012 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102599 · revision 1 Value 0.0797231012 · 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: 0.0797231012 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.08 Exact value 0.0771633858 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102598 · revision 1 Value 0.0771633858 · 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: 0.0771633858 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.07 Exact value 0.0747587375 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102597 · revision 1 Value 0.0747587375 · 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: 0.0747587375 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.07 Exact value 0.0724878707 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102596 · revision 1 Value 0.0724878707 · 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: 0.0724878707 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2006	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102595 · 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 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.14 Exact value 0.1365342022 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102594 · revision 1 Value 0.1365342022 · 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: 0.1365342022 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1326087968 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102593 · revision 1 Value 0.1326087968 · 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: 0.1326087968 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.14 Exact value 0.1427662067 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102592 · revision 1 Value 0.1427662067 · 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: 0.1427662067 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.14 Exact value 0.1390789760 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102591 · revision 1 Value 0.1390789760 · 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: 0.1390789760 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.14 Exact value 0.1356768252 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102590 · revision 1 Value 0.1356768252 · 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: 0.1356768252 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1323958568 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102589 · revision 1 Value 0.1323958568 · 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: 0.1323958568 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1291983203 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102588 · revision 1 Value 0.1291983203 · 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: 0.1291983203 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1280827239 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102587 · revision 1 Value 0.1280827239 · 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: 0.1280827239 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1270429531 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102586 · revision 1 Value 0.1270429531 · 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: 0.1270429531 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1259255630 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102585 · revision 1 Value 0.1259255630 · 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: 0.1259255630 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1289148208 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102584 · revision 1 Value 0.1289148208 · 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: 0.1289148208 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.12 Exact value 0.1246849192 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102583 · revision 1 Value 0.1246849192 · 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: 0.1246849192 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1286473742 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102582 · revision 1 Value 0.1286473742 · 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: 0.1286473742 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1297234118 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102581 · revision 1 Value 0.1297234118 · 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: 0.1297234118 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102580 · 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 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102579 · 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 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102578 · 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 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102577 · 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 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #102576 · 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 04:48:39 · source revision unspecified

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