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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	≈ 1.38 Exact value 1.3806011520 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106715 · revision 1 Value 1.3806011520 · 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: 1.3806011520 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 1.35 Exact value 1.3472180909 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106714 · revision 1 Value 1.3472180909 · 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: 1.3472180909 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 1.52 Exact value 1.5246625051 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106713 · revision 1 Value 1.5246625051 · 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: 1.5246625051 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 1.55 Exact value 1.5546666317 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106712 · revision 1 Value 1.5546666317 · 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: 1.5546666317 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 1.57 Exact value 1.5653791796 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106711 · revision 1 Value 1.5653791796 · 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: 1.5653791796 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 2.20 Exact value 2.1994222321 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106710 · revision 1 Value 2.1994222321 · 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: 2.1994222321 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 2.17 Exact value 2.1715613039 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106709 · revision 1 Value 2.1715613039 · 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: 2.1715613039 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 1.97 Exact value 1.9733641322 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106708 · revision 1 Value 1.9733641322 · 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: 1.9733641322 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 1.98 Exact value 1.9847281101 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106707 · revision 1 Value 1.9847281101 · 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: 1.9847281101 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 1.96 Exact value 1.9643058825 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106706 · revision 1 Value 1.9643058825 · 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: 1.9643058825 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 1.97 Exact value 1.9681656451 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106705 · revision 1 Value 1.9681656451 · 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: 1.9681656451 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 1.52 Exact value 1.5248979635 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106704 · revision 1 Value 1.5248979635 · 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: 1.5248979635 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 1.52 Exact value 1.5177737862 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106703 · revision 1 Value 1.5177737862 · 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: 1.5177737862 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 1.37 Exact value 1.3721855812 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106702 · revision 1 Value 1.3721855812 · 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: 1.3721855812 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.60 Exact value 0.5974335036 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106701 · revision 1 Value 0.5974335036 · 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: 0.5974335036 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.61 Exact value 0.6064759759 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106700 · revision 1 Value 0.6064759759 · 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: 0.6064759759 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 0.52 Exact value 0.5161379121 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106699 · revision 1 Value 0.5161379121 · 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: 0.5161379121 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3634175622 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106698 · revision 1 Value 0.3634175622 · 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: 0.3634175622 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3589417907 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106697 · revision 1 Value 0.3589417907 · 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: 0.3589417907 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.45 Exact value 0.4452306272 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106696 · revision 1 Value 0.4452306272 · 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: 0.4452306272 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.43 Exact value 0.4281824713 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106695 · revision 1 Value 0.4281824713 · 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: 0.4281824713 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.43 Exact value 0.4257604672 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106694 · revision 1 Value 0.4257604672 · 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: 0.4257604672 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.32 Exact value 0.3199409878 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106693 · revision 1 Value 0.3199409878 · 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: 0.3199409878 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.32 Exact value 0.3163014498 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106692 · revision 1 Value 0.3163014498 · 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: 0.3163014498 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.60 Exact value 0.5952443580 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106691 · revision 1 Value 0.5952443580 · 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: 0.5952443580 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.59 Exact value 0.5900586988 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106690 · revision 1 Value 0.5900586988 · 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: 0.5900586988 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.58 Exact value 0.5825517828 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106689 · revision 1 Value 0.5825517828 · 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: 0.5825517828 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.56 Exact value 0.5626936369 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106688 · revision 1 Value 0.5626936369 · 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: 0.5626936369 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.28 Exact value 0.2806916390 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106687 · revision 1 Value 0.2806916390 · 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: 0.2806916390 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.27 Exact value 0.2748096302 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106686 · revision 1 Value 0.2748096302 · 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: 0.2748096302 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.27 Exact value 0.2745275746 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106685 · revision 1 Value 0.2745275746 · 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: 0.2745275746 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106684 · 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 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106683 · 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 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106682 · 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 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106681 · 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 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #106680 · 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 04:48:58 · source revision unspecified

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