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Armed forces personnel percentage of total labor force

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.Source:
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Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)Year
1
Eritrea
13.46%
2011
2
North Korea
9.03%
2017
3
Maldives
5.56%
2000
4
Syria
5.32%
2017
5
Jordan
4.67%
2017
6
Montenegro
4.63%
2017
7
Israel
4.42%
2017
8
South Sudan
3.98%
2017
9
Brunei
3.74%
2017
10
Sri Lanka
3.69%
2017
11
Armenia
3.55%
2017
12
Laos
3.54%
2017
13
Lebanon
3.24%
2017
14
Djibouti
3.18%
2017
15
Belarus
3.06%
2017
16
Greece
2.98%
2017
17
Egypt
2.71%
2017
18
Cyprus
2.62%
2017
19
Algeria
2.62%
2017
20
Bhutan
2.62%
2000
21
Venezuela
2.59%
2017
22
Singapore
2.48%
2017
23
Afghanistan
2.38%
2017
24
São Tomé and Príncipe
2.32%
1999
25
Lithuania
2.32%
2017
26
South Korea
2.26%
2017
27
Iraq
2.2%
2017
28
Bahrain
2.19%
2017
29
Cambodia
2.14%
2017
30
Myanmar
2.11%
2017
31
Morocco
2.1%
2017
32
Iran
2.07%
2017
33
Russia
1.96%
2017
34
Colombia
1.84%
2017
35
Oman
1.81%
2017
36
Saudi Arabia
1.81%
2017
37
Mauritania
1.76%
2017
38
Namibia
1.74%
2017
39
Republic of Macedonia
1.67%
2017
40
Azerbaijan
1.63%
2017
41
Turkmenistan
1.62%
2017
42
Turkey
1.6%
2017
43
Dominican Republic
1.49%
2017
44
El Salvador
1.49%
2017
45
Cuba
1.49%
2017
46
Ukraine
1.45%
2017
47
Romania
1.38%
2017
48
Mongolia
1.37%
2017
49
Bolivia
1.37%
2017
50
Italy
1.35%
2017
51
Chile
1.33%
2017
52
Panama
1.31%
2017
53
Pakistan
1.3%
2017
54
Georgia
1.28%
2017
55
Uruguay
1.26%
2017
56
Tunisia
1.18%
2017
57
Thailand
1.17%
2017
58
Belize
1.16%
2017
59
Swaziland
1.12%
1999
60
Fiji
1.11%
2017
61
Sudan
1.09%
2017
62
Qatar
1.08%
2017
63
Kuwait
1.05%
2017
64
Poland
1.03%
2017
65
Gabon
1.02%
2017
66
France
1.01%
2017
67
Serbia
1%
2017
68
Portugal
0.99%
2017
69
Croatia
0.99%
2017
70
Guyana
0.95%
2017
71
Angola
0.95%
2017
72
Vietnam
0.93%
2017
73
United Arab Emirates
0.93%
2017
74
Finland
0.92%
2017
75
Suriname
0.92%
2017
76
Bulgaria
0.92%
2017
77
Malta
0.91%
2017
78
Peru
0.9%
2017
79
Malaysia
0.9%
2017
80
Estonia
0.86%
2017
81
Spain
0.85%
2017
82
Hungary
0.85%
2017
83
Norway
0.83%
2017
84
United States
0.83%
2017
85
Botswana
0.83%
2017
86
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.81%
2017
87
Kyrgyzstan
0.81%
2017
88
Paraguay
0.79%
2017
89
Kazakhstan
0.77%
2017
90
Zimbabwe
0.73%
2017
91
East Timor
0.73%
2017
92
Nepal
0.71%
2017
93
Brazil
0.7%
2017
94
Luxembourg
0.69%
2017
95
Slovenia
0.68%
2017
96
Tajikistan
0.68%
2017
97
Albania
0.67%
2017
98
Burundi
0.66%
2017
99
Barbados
0.65%
2017
100
Belgium
0.64%
2017
101
Guatemala
0.63%
2017
102
Yemen
0.62%
2017
103
Chad
0.62%
2017
104
India
0.6%
2017
105
Mexico
0.6%
2017
106
Trinidad and Tobago
0.6%
2017
107
Latvia
0.6%
2017
108
Republic of the Congo
0.59%
2017
109
Rwanda
0.58%
2017
110
Slovakia
0.58%
2017
111
Sweden
0.56%
2017
112
Moldova
0.55%
2017
113
Somalia
0.55%
2017
114
Honduras
0.55%
2017
115
Indonesia
0.52%
2017
116
Argentina
0.52%
2017
117
Guinea-Bissau
0.51%
2017
118
Denmark
0.5%
2017
119
Mauritius
0.5%
2017
120
Ecuador
0.49%
2017
121
Democratic Republic Of Congo
0.48%
2017
122
Senegal
0.47%
2017
123
Austria
0.46%
2017
124
Netherlands
0.45%
2017
125
Australia
0.45%
2017
126
Uzbekistan
0.45%
2017
127
The Bahamas
0.44%
2017
128
United Kingdom
0.44%
2017
129
Costa Rica
0.43%
2017
130
Switzerland
0.43%
2017
131
Central African Republic
0.42%
2017
132
Czech Republic
0.42%
2017
133
Germany
0.41%
2017
134
Nicaragua
0.4%
2017
135
Japan
0.39%
2017
136
Cape Verde
0.39%
2017
137
Republic of Ireland
0.39%
2017
138
Nigeria
0.36%
2017
139
Canada
0.36%
2017
140
Philippines
0.36%
2017
141
Sierra Leone
0.36%
2017
142
South Africa
0.36%
2017
143
China
0.34%
2017
144
Ivory Coast
0.33%
2017
145
New Zealand
0.33%
2017
146
Bangladesh
0.33%
2017
147
Uganda
0.3%
2017
148
Guinea
0.29%
2017
149
Togo
0.29%
2017
150
Ethiopia
0.27%
2017
151
Jamaica
0.26%
2017
152
Benin
0.26%
2017
153
Mali
0.26%
2017
154
Zambia
0.23%
2017
155
Cameroon
0.22%
2017
156
Lesotho
0.22%
2017
157
Equatorial Guinea
0.2%
2017
158
Malawi
0.2%
2017
159
Madagascar
0.17%
2017
160
Papua New Guinea
0.16%
2017
161
Burkina Faso
0.16%
2017
162
Kenya
0.15%
2017
163
Gambia
0.14%
2017
164
Ghana
0.13%
2017
165
Liberia
0.13%
2017
166
Niger
0.12%
2017
167
Tanzania
0.11%
2017
168
Mozambique
0.09%
2017
169
Iceland
0%
2017
170
Haiti
0%
2017
171
Libya
0%
2014
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