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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Values and evidence for Nicaragua. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 2.15 Exact value 2.1508696811 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105167 · revision 1 Value 2.1508696811 · 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: 2.1508696811 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 1.49 Exact value 1.4929261427 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105166 · revision 1 Value 1.4929261427 · 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: 1.4929261427 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 1.09 Exact value 1.0873016218 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105165 · revision 1 Value 1.0873016218 · 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: 1.0873016218 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 1.06 Exact value 1.0562837263 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105164 · revision 1 Value 1.0562837263 · 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: 1.0562837263 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.96 Exact value 0.9556274855 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105163 · revision 1 Value 0.9556274855 · 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: 0.9556274855 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.79 Exact value 0.7929695321 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105162 · revision 1 Value 0.7929695321 · 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: 0.7929695321 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 1.08 Exact value 1.0805718895 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105161 · revision 1 Value 1.0805718895 · 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: 1.0805718895 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 1.04 Exact value 1.0408050688 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105160 · revision 1 Value 1.0408050688 · 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: 1.0408050688 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 1.00 Exact value 1.0038939274 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105159 · revision 1 Value 1.0038939274 · 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: 1.0038939274 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.91 Exact value 0.9149036664 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105158 · revision 1 Value 0.9149036664 · 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: 0.9149036664 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.89 Exact value 0.8867355993 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105157 · revision 1 Value 0.8867355993 · 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: 0.8867355993 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.86 Exact value 0.8602862818 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105156 · revision 1 Value 0.8602862818 · 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: 0.8602862818 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.73 Exact value 0.7308113729 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105155 · revision 1 Value 0.7308113729 · 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: 0.7308113729 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.71 Exact value 0.7098236038 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105154 · revision 1 Value 0.7098236038 · 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: 0.7098236038 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.69 Exact value 0.6896908461 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105153 · revision 1 Value 0.6896908461 · 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: 0.6896908461 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.67 Exact value 0.6696469143 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105152 · revision 1 Value 0.6696469143 · 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: 0.6696469143 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 0.65 Exact value 0.6503237219 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105151 · revision 1 Value 0.6503237219 · 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: 0.6503237219 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.63 Exact value 0.6323230918 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105150 · revision 1 Value 0.6323230918 · 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: 0.6323230918 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.53 Exact value 0.5271905095 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105149 · revision 1 Value 0.5271905095 · 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: 0.5271905095 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.51 Exact value 0.5130937243 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105148 · revision 1 Value 0.5130937243 · 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: 0.5130937243 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.50 Exact value 0.4996716741 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105147 · revision 1 Value 0.4996716741 · 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: 0.4996716741 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.49 Exact value 0.4868033692 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105146 · revision 1 Value 0.4868033692 · 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: 0.4868033692 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.47 Exact value 0.4744697701 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105145 · revision 1 Value 0.4744697701 · 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: 0.4744697701 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.46 Exact value 0.4627091156 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105144 · revision 1 Value 0.4627091156 · 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: 0.4627091156 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.45 Exact value 0.4514518126 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105143 · revision 1 Value 0.4514518126 · 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: 0.4514518126 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.44 Exact value 0.4420281874 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105142 · revision 1 Value 0.4420281874 · 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: 0.4420281874 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.43 Exact value 0.4330286856 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105141 · revision 1 Value 0.4330286856 · 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: 0.4330286856 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.42 Exact value 0.4244010817 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105140 · revision 1 Value 0.4244010817 · 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: 0.4244010817 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.42 Exact value 0.4179211557 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105139 · revision 1 Value 0.4179211557 · 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: 0.4179211557 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.41 Exact value 0.4114255621 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105138 · revision 1 Value 0.4114255621 · 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: 0.4114255621 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.41 Exact value 0.4081532697 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105137 · revision 1 Value 0.4081532697 · 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: 0.4081532697 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105136 · 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 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105135 · 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 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105134 · 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 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105133 · 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 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #105132 · 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 04:48:50 · source revision unspecified

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