Military personnel (% of total labor force) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates. 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: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

Rank	Country	Value
Military personnel (% of total labor force) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2007)
1	Eritrea	10.20
2	Djibouti	3.41
3	Egypt	3.40
4	Libya	3.35
5	North Africa	2.77
6	Algeria	2.40
7	Morocco	2.19
8	Namibia	2.16
9	Mauritania	1.60
10	Botswana	1.59
11	Angola	1.50
12	Guinea-Bissau	1.43
13	Tunisia	1.28
14	Burundi	1.20
15	Gabon	1.11
16	Sudan	1.02
17	Zimbabwe	0.99
18	Africa	0.84
19	Republic of the Congo	0.83
20	Chad	0.81
21	Rwanda	0.80
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.61
23	Cape Verde	0.54
24	Sierra Leone	0.54
25	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	0.53
26	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	0.50
27	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.49
28	Guinea	0.41
29	Equatorial Guinea	0.40
30	Senegal	0.39
31	Togo	0.38
32	Ethiopia	0.37
33	Mali	0.35
34	Mauritius	0.35
35	Nigeria	0.35
36	Uganda	0.35
37	South Africa	0.35
38	Zambia	0.34
39	Cameroon	0.33
40	Ivory Coast	0.26
41	Madagascar	0.25
42	Benin	0.23
43	Lesotho	0.23
44	Niger	0.22
45	Kenya	0.17
46	Burkina Faso	0.17
47	Central African Republic	0.15
48	Liberia	0.14
49	Gambia	0.14
50	Ghana	0.14
51	Tanzania	0.14
52	Malawi	0.12
53	Mozambique	0.11

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Military personnel (% of total labor force) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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