Armed forces personnel in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Armed forces personnel was 0.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel in Pre-demographic dividend, 1990–2020
Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Pre-demographic dividend recorded 0.5% for armed forces personnel in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.4% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 1.4% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2020.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 37th of 44 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.4% | — |
| 1991 | 0.8% | -42.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -12.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | +49.9% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -19.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -27.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -27.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More public sector data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Arms imports 447.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4046 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -30.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 447.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.06 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0146 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 22.17 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 31.79 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Armed forces personnel in Pre-demographic dividend was 0.5% in 2020, according to The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- What is the highest armed forces personnel recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1990.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for armed forces personnel?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 37th out of 44 groups with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies, published as part of Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.