Armed forces personnel

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
172
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Institute for Strategic Studies

    The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20201.82percent
Albania20200.65percent
Algeria20202.81percent
Angola20200.87percent
Argentina20200.53percent
Armenia20203.25percent
Australia20200.44percent
Austria20200.50percent
Azerbaijan20201.58percent
Bahamas20200.92percent

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