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	≈ 0.95 Exact value 0.9544680559 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107579 · revision 1 Value 0.9544680559 · 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: 0.9544680559 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.90 Exact value 0.8956762884 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107578 · revision 1 Value 0.8956762884 · 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: 0.8956762884 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.89 Exact value 0.8907250229 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107577 · revision 1 Value 0.8907250229 · 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: 0.8907250229 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.87 Exact value 0.8672331896 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107576 · revision 1 Value 0.8672331896 · 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: 0.8672331896 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.85 Exact value 0.8469700212 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107575 · revision 1 Value 0.8469700212 · 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: 0.8469700212 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.88 Exact value 0.8769026046 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107574 · revision 1 Value 0.8769026046 · 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: 0.8769026046 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.84 Exact value 0.8443708096 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107573 · revision 1 Value 0.8443708096 · 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: 0.8443708096 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.82 Exact value 0.8181582243 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107572 · revision 1 Value 0.8181582243 · 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: 0.8181582243 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.80 Exact value 0.7979116128 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107571 · revision 1 Value 0.7979116128 · 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: 0.7979116128 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.78 Exact value 0.7840984828 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107570 · revision 1 Value 0.7840984828 · 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: 0.7840984828 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.76 Exact value 0.7627469007 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107569 · revision 1 Value 0.7627469007 · 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: 0.7627469007 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.99 Exact value 0.9899235559 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107568 · revision 1 Value 0.9899235559 · 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: 0.9899235559 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.98 Exact value 0.9779232662 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107567 · revision 1 Value 0.9779232662 · 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: 0.9779232662 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.97 Exact value 0.9660071886 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107566 · revision 1 Value 0.9660071886 · 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: 0.9660071886 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.72 Exact value 0.7211387308 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107565 · revision 1 Value 0.7211387308 · 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: 0.7211387308 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.70 Exact value 0.6983491792 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107564 · revision 1 Value 0.6983491792 · 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: 0.6983491792 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2006	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107563 · 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 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.94 Exact value 0.9358614287 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107562 · revision 1 Value 0.9358614287 · 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: 0.9358614287 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.92 Exact value 0.9190787889 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107561 · revision 1 Value 0.9190787889 · 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: 0.9190787889 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.91 Exact value 0.9053974600 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107560 · revision 1 Value 0.9053974600 · 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: 0.9053974600 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.89 Exact value 0.8916010791 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107559 · revision 1 Value 0.8916010791 · 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: 0.8916010791 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.88 Exact value 0.8790292215 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107558 · revision 1 Value 0.8790292215 · 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: 0.8790292215 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.87 Exact value 0.8709791343 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107557 · revision 1 Value 0.8709791343 · 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: 0.8709791343 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.86 Exact value 0.8630349954 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107556 · revision 1 Value 0.8630349954 · 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: 0.8630349954 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 1.97 Exact value 1.9720253690 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107555 · revision 1 Value 1.9720253690 · 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: 1.9720253690 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 1.96 Exact value 1.9573971404 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107554 · revision 1 Value 1.9573971404 · 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: 1.9573971404 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 2.01 Exact value 2.0117134781 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107553 · revision 1 Value 2.0117134781 · 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: 2.0117134781 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 2.59 Exact value 2.5943694317 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107552 · revision 1 Value 2.5943694317 · 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: 2.5943694317 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 2.74 Exact value 2.7434186147 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107551 · revision 1 Value 2.7434186147 · 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: 2.7434186147 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 2.99 Exact value 2.9857801134 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107550 · revision 1 Value 2.9857801134 · 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: 2.9857801134 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 3.47 Exact value 3.4682008450 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107549 · revision 1 Value 3.4682008450 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Armed forces personnel as a percentage of the total labor force, sourced from The Military Balance and labor-force estimates. This measures personnel intensity. Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 3.4682008450 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107548 · 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 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107547 · 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 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107546 · 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 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107545 · 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 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107544 · 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 04:49:01 · source revision unspecified

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