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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

Zambia

Values and evidence for Zambia. Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 0.67 Exact value 0.6674537058 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107795 · revision 1 Value 0.6674537058 · 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: 0.6674537058 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 0.65 Exact value 0.6503340685 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107794 · revision 1 Value 0.6503340685 · 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: 0.6503340685 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 0.63 Exact value 0.6342104199 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107793 · revision 1 Value 0.6342104199 · 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: 0.6342104199 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 0.62 Exact value 0.6188719589 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107792 · revision 1 Value 0.6188719589 · 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: 0.6188719589 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 0.60 Exact value 0.6041933283 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107791 · revision 1 Value 0.6041933283 · 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: 0.6041933283 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 0.85 Exact value 0.8480951046 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107790 · revision 1 Value 0.8480951046 · 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: 0.8480951046 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 0.83 Exact value 0.8278759511 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107789 · revision 1 Value 0.8278759511 · 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: 0.8278759511 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 0.81 Exact value 0.8068247552 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107788 · revision 1 Value 0.8068247552 · 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: 0.8068247552 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 0.79 Exact value 0.7854842510 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107787 · revision 1 Value 0.7854842510 · 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: 0.7854842510 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 0.76 Exact value 0.7640716247 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107786 · revision 1 Value 0.7640716247 · 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: 0.7640716247 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 0.74 Exact value 0.7417266041 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107785 · revision 1 Value 0.7417266041 · 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: 0.7417266041 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 0.72 Exact value 0.7175946726 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107784 · revision 1 Value 0.7175946726 · 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: 0.7175946726 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 0.69 Exact value 0.6937898269 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107783 · revision 1 Value 0.6937898269 · 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: 0.6937898269 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 0.57 Exact value 0.5687285068 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107782 · revision 1 Value 0.5687285068 · 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: 0.5687285068 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 0.45 Exact value 0.4509835811 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107781 · revision 1 Value 0.4509835811 · 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: 0.4509835811 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 0.44 Exact value 0.4353601707 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107780 · revision 1 Value 0.4353601707 · 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: 0.4353601707 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 0.42 Exact value 0.4196369092 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107779 · revision 1 Value 0.4196369092 · 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: 0.4196369092 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 0.40 Exact value 0.4041456248 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107778 · revision 1 Value 0.4041456248 · 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: 0.4041456248 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 0.39 Exact value 0.3890236964 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107777 · revision 1 Value 0.3890236964 · 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: 0.3890236964 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 0.39 Exact value 0.3862489747 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107776 · revision 1 Value 0.3862489747 · 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: 0.3862489747 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 0.37 Exact value 0.3721871113 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107775 · revision 1 Value 0.3721871113 · 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: 0.3721871113 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 0.36 Exact value 0.3592286381 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107774 · revision 1 Value 0.3592286381 · 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: 0.3592286381 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 0.35 Exact value 0.3469619278 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107773 · revision 1 Value 0.3469619278 · 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: 0.3469619278 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 0.34 Exact value 0.3350794016 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107772 · revision 1 Value 0.3350794016 · 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: 0.3350794016 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 0.32 Exact value 0.3234898953 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107771 · revision 1 Value 0.3234898953 · 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: 0.3234898953 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 0.31 Exact value 0.3123273918 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107770 · revision 1 Value 0.3123273918 · 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: 0.3123273918 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 0.30 Exact value 0.3015104027 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107769 · revision 1 Value 0.3015104027 · 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: 0.3015104027 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 0.28 Exact value 0.2822226871 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107768 · revision 1 Value 0.2822226871 · 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: 0.2822226871 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 0.27 Exact value 0.2742581318 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107767 · revision 1 Value 0.2742581318 · 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: 0.2742581318 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 0.26 Exact value 0.2580566912 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107766 · revision 1 Value 0.2580566912 · 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: 0.2580566912 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 0.24 Exact value 0.2433737689 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107765 · revision 1 Value 0.2433737689 · 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: 0.2433737689 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2021	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107764 · 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 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2022	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107763 · 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 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2023	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107762 · 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 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2024	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107761 · 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 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified
2025	Unavailable percent	missing	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #107760 · 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 04:49:02 · source revision unspecified

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