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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

Malawi

Values and evidence for Malawi. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 0.17 Exact value 0.1665607023 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104951 · revision 1 Value 0.1665607023 · 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: 0.1665607023 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.19 Exact value 0.1851523121 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104950 · revision 1 Value 0.1851523121 · 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: 0.1851523121 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.23 Exact value 0.2254450850 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104949 · revision 1 Value 0.2254450850 · 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: 0.2254450850 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.22 Exact value 0.2227255324 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104948 · revision 1 Value 0.2227255324 · 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: 0.2227255324 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.23 Exact value 0.2257436730 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104947 · revision 1 Value 0.2257436730 · 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: 0.2257436730 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.21 Exact value 0.2149902032 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104946 · revision 1 Value 0.2149902032 · 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: 0.2149902032 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.24 Exact value 0.2397263391 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104945 · revision 1 Value 0.2397263391 · 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: 0.2397263391 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1305665129 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104944 · revision 1 Value 0.1305665129 · 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: 0.1305665129 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1278600699 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104943 · revision 1 Value 0.1278600699 · 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: 0.1278600699 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.12 Exact value 0.1249114690 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104942 · revision 1 Value 0.1249114690 · 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: 0.1249114690 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.12 Exact value 0.1218399291 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104941 · revision 1 Value 0.1218399291 · 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: 0.1218399291 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1346922460 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104940 · revision 1 Value 0.1346922460 · 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: 0.1346922460 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1313776863 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104939 · revision 1 Value 0.1313776863 · 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: 0.1313776863 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1280603601 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104938 · revision 1 Value 0.1280603601 · 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: 0.1280603601 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1100630661 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104937 · revision 1 Value 0.1100630661 · 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: 0.1100630661 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.13 Exact value 0.1250194450 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104936 · revision 1 Value 0.1250194450 · 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: 0.1250194450 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 0.12 Exact value 0.1233623646 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104935 · revision 1 Value 0.1233623646 · 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: 0.1233623646 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.12 Exact value 0.1217579129 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104934 · revision 1 Value 0.1217579129 · 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: 0.1217579129 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.12 Exact value 0.1202661938 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104933 · revision 1 Value 0.1202661938 · 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: 0.1202661938 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.09 Exact value 0.0899944356 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104932 · revision 1 Value 0.0899944356 · 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: 0.0899944356 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.09 Exact value 0.0889454858 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104931 · revision 1 Value 0.0889454858 · 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: 0.0889454858 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1128323389 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104930 · revision 1 Value 0.1128323389 · 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: 0.1128323389 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1117942066 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104929 · revision 1 Value 0.1117942066 · 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: 0.1117942066 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1107844960 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104928 · revision 1 Value 0.1107844960 · 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: 0.1107844960 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1098145990 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104927 · revision 1 Value 0.1098145990 · 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: 0.1098145990 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.11 Exact value 0.1089249762 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104926 · revision 1 Value 0.1089249762 · 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: 0.1089249762 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.24 Exact value 0.2368187705 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104925 · revision 1 Value 0.2368187705 · 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: 0.2368187705 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.24 Exact value 0.2366622295 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104924 · revision 1 Value 0.2366622295 · 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: 0.2366622295 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.22 Exact value 0.2242686781 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104923 · revision 1 Value 0.2242686781 · 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: 0.2242686781 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.22 Exact value 0.2212049417 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104922 · revision 1 Value 0.2212049417 · 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: 0.2212049417 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.20 Exact value 0.1977590994 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104921 · revision 1 Value 0.1977590994 · 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: 0.1977590994 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104920 · 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 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104919 · 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 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104918 · 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 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104917 · 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 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #104916 · 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 04:48:49 · source revision unspecified

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