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Armed forces personnel of total labor force by country

Countries reporting
171
Highest
13.29
Eritrea
Lowest
0
Palestine
Median
0.8456
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
5,022

What the numbers show

Armed forces personnel of total labor force is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 13.29 in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 in Palestine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8456, and the mean is 1.28.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 410.2%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 100.0%).

Armed forces personnel of total labor force: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 13.29 2020 down 11.2% rising
2 North Korea 8.62 2020 up 0.4% falling
3 Syria 5.44 2020 down 17.2% falling
4 Djibouti 5.4 2020 down 18.1% falling
5 Sao Tome and Principe 5.1 1999 down 15.0% falling
6 Montenegro 4.66 2020 down 14.0% falling
7 Iraq 4.4 2020 down 58.7% volatile
8 Israel 4.23 2020 down 20.3% falling
9 Lebanon 4.1 2020 down 13.8% falling
10 Laos 4.08 2020 down 22.6% falling
11 Jordan 3.98 2020 down 33.6% falling
12 Sri Lanka 3.74 2020 up 39.0% rising
13 Brunei 3.57 2020 down 24.8% falling
14 Venezuela 3.47 2020 up 289.0% volatile
15 Armenia 3.25 2020 down 11.0% rising
16 Greece 3.2 2020 up 7.3% falling
17 Belarus 3.17 2020 down 12.0% rising
18 Turkmenistan 2.87 2020 up 135.5% rising
19 Algeria 2.81 2020 up 1.3% rising
20 Egypt 2.76 2020 down 3.7% falling
21 Lithuania 2.48 2020 up 46.3% rising
22 Iran 2.35 2020 up 4.7% falling
23 Bhutan 2.34 2000 up 9.4% rising
24 Bahrain 2.33 2020 down 16.1% falling
25 Oman 2.12 2020 down 46.6% falling
26 Morocco 2.07 2020 down 4.1% falling
27 Cambodia 2.01 2020 down 13.6% falling
28 South Korea 2.01 2020 down 24.0% falling
29 Mauritania 2 2020 down 19.7% falling
30 North Macedonia 2 2020 up 108.6% falling
31 Russia 1.98 2020 up 5.1% falling
32 Myanmar 1.94 2020 down 13.1% rising
33 Saudi Arabia 1.92 2020 down 31.1% falling
34 Afghanistan 1.82 2020 down 59.5% volatile
35 Cyprus 1.81 2020 down 14.8% falling
36 Singapore 1.72 2020 down 65.8% falling
37 Colombia 1.7 2020 down 16.1% rising
38 Namibia 1.67 2020 down 16.8% flat
39 El Salvador 1.62 2020 up 23.0% falling
40 Turkey 1.61 2020 down 30.4% falling
41 Azerbaijan 1.58 2020 down 17.6% falling
42 Cuba 1.54 2020 up 3.8% volatile
43 Romania 1.52 2020 down 15.1% falling
44 Dominican Republic 1.48 2020 up 44.0% rising
45 Ukraine 1.43 2020 up 49.3% falling
46 Nepal 1.4 2020 down 36.3% rising
47 Georgia 1.39 2020 down 10.0% rising
48 Italy 1.35 2020 down 7.1% falling
49 Sudan 1.34 2020 up 1.3% rising
50 Panama 1.33 2020 up 85.4% flat
51 Uruguay 1.32 2020 down 13.9% falling
52 Belize 1.32 2020 up 60.2% falling
53 Chile 1.28 2020 up 0.4% falling
54 Mongolia 1.27 2020 down 14.4% falling
55 Pakistan 1.25 2020 down 18.4% falling
56 Bolivia 1.21 2020 down 33.8% flat
57 Bulgaria 1.18 2020 down 38.1% falling
58 Tunisia 1.18 2020 down 4.8% falling
59 South Sudan 1.17 2020 down 65.5% falling
60 Croatia 1.17 2020 up 3.7% volatile
61 Thailand 1.13 2020 up 5.7% rising
62 Fiji 1.13 2020 up 26.2% falling
63 Qatar 1.07 2020 up 9.1% volatile
64 Poland 1.04 2020 up 55.2% falling
65 Guyana 1.04 2020 up 14.4% falling
66 Kuwait 1.03 2020 down 28.7% falling
67 United Arab Emirates 1.02 2020 down 12.5% volatile
68 Serbia 1.01 2020 up 7.8% volatile
69 Portugal 1.01 2020 down 38.5% falling
70 France 1 2020 down 12.6% falling
71 Estonia 0.9995 2020 up 18.7% rising
72 Gabon 0.9963 2020 down 21.4% falling
73 Eswatini 0.9793 1999 down 18.9% falling
74 Hungary 0.9525 2020 up 22.1% falling
75 Vietnam 0.9465 2020 down 8.8% falling
76 Peru 0.9371 2020 down 20.4% falling
77 Botswana 0.9245 2020 down 29.4% falling
78 Bahamas 0.9217 2020 up 123.0% volatile
79 Latvia 0.9157 2020 up 110.8% falling
80 Paraguay 0.8838 2020 down 9.0% falling
81 Zimbabwe 0.8786 2020 down 13.3% falling
82 Spain 0.8683 2020 down 8.5% falling
83 Angola 0.8677 2020 down 26.8% falling
84 Norway 0.8547 2020 down 6.6% falling
85 Suriname 0.8478 2020 down 6.8% falling
86 Chad 0.8456 2020 down 1.8% falling
87 United States 0.8375 2020 down 15.5% falling
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8126 2020 up 26.5% volatile
89 Kyrgyzstan 0.8115 2020 down 5.4% rising
90 Malaysia 0.8061 2020 down 23.3% falling
91 Finland 0.8016 2020 down 14.2% falling
92 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7678 2020 up 26.6% falling
93 Brazil 0.762 2020 up 3.0% rising
94 Tajikistan 0.7458 2020 down 6.9% rising
95 Kazakhstan 0.744 2020 down 17.6% falling
96 Malta 0.7282 2020 down 39.1% falling
97 Rwanda 0.7026 2020 down 27.2% volatile
98 Barbados 0.6865 2020 up 70.4% rising
99 Slovenia 0.6787 2020 down 41.4% falling
100 Slovakia 0.6652 2020 up 12.9% volatile
101 Albania 0.6462 2020 down 44.8% volatile
102 Mexico 0.6439 2020 down 6.5% rising
103 Guatemala 0.6369 2020 down 0.9% falling
104 Burundi 0.5897 2020 down 53.4% rising
105 Yemen 0.581 2020 down 74.7% falling
106 India 0.5761 2020 up 2.6% rising
107 Gambia 0.5754 2020 up 270.0% volatile
108 Honduras 0.5633 2020 down 9.7% falling
109 Congo 0.5516 2020 down 17.2% falling
110 Mali 0.5438 2020 up 165.6% falling
111 Ecuador 0.5417 2020 down 40.4% falling
112 Central African Republic 0.5354 2020 up 200.3% rising
113 Guinea-Bissau 0.5346 2020 down 53.3% volatile
114 Argentina 0.5332 2020 down 5.6% falling
115 Uzbekistan 0.519 2020 down 33.4% falling
116 Mauritius 0.5085 2020 up 48.5% rising
117 Cape Verde 0.5081 2020 down 13.5% falling
118 Czechia 0.5053 2020 down 7.3% volatile
119 Austria 0.4992 2020 down 17.3% falling
120 Denmark 0.4946 2020 down 23.2% falling
121 Indonesia 0.4921 2020 down 0.1% rising
122 Somalia 0.4709 2020 up 410.2% volatile
123 Belgium 0.4683 2020 down 35.8% volatile
124 United Kingdom 0.4466 2020 down 18.1% falling
125 Australia 0.4417 2020 down 8.8% falling
126 Germany 0.4219 2020 down 29.8% falling
127 Netherlands 0.4186 2020 down 11.9% falling
128 Costa Rica 0.4133 2020 down 14.5% falling
129 Jamaica 0.4116 2020 up 76.6% rising
130 Moldova 0.4084 2020 down 21.0% falling
131 Nicaragua 0.4082 2020 down 18.3% falling
132 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4079 2020 down 35.5% rising
133 Switzerland 0.4009 2020 down 29.5% volatile
134 South Africa 0.3982 2020 down 0.3% volatile
135 Japan 0.3802 2020 down 3.5% rising
136 Togo 0.3769 2020 down 15.9% falling
137 Senegal 0.374 2020 down 30.2% falling
138 Philippines 0.3691 2020 down 15.0% falling
139 Ireland 0.3659 2020 down 21.2% falling
140 East Timor 0.3575 2020 up 15.1% rising
141 Sierra Leone 0.3546 2020 down 27.5% falling
142 Canada 0.3511 2020 up 1.2% falling
143 New Zealand 0.3485 2020 down 16.2% falling
144 Cameroon 0.3425 2020 up 24.6% falling
145 China 0.3332 2020 down 12.5% falling
146 Bangladesh 0.3228 2020 down 14.1% rising
147 Guinea 0.3208 2020 down 43.3% falling
148 Luxembourg 0.3141 2020 down 50.5% falling
149 Ethiopia 0.2808 2020 down 18.4% volatile
150 Sweden 0.2745 2020 down 35.9% volatile
151 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2489 2020 up 8.8% volatile
152 Lesotho 0.2442 2020 up 3.6% flat
153 Zambia 0.2434 2020 down 34.6% falling
154 Uganda 0.2421 2020 down 37.9% falling
155 Nigeria 0.2298 2020 up 6.8% rising
156 Benin 0.2141 2020 up 16.6% falling
157 Malawi 0.1978 2020 up 122.3% falling
158 Equatorial Guinea 0.1646 2020 down 45.8% falling
159 Madagascar 0.1507 2020 down 25.1% falling
160 Ghana 0.1297 2020 down 6.7% rising
161 Papua New Guinea 0.1224 2020 down 9.0% falling
162 Burkina Faso 0.1217 2020 down 25.3% falling
163 Kenya 0.1128 2020 down 33.0% falling
164 Niger 0.1094 2020 down 31.9% falling
165 Tanzania 0.0979 2020 down 27.2% falling
166 Liberia 0.0871 2020 down 24.0% volatile
167 Mozambique 0.0834 2020 down 23.6% volatile
168 Haiti 0.0202 2020 — volatile
169 Iceland 0 2020 down 100.0% falling
169 Libya 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
169 Palestine 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel of total labor force
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
171 places, 5,022 data points, 1990–2020
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