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Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) - Defense & arms trade - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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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.

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) - Defense & arms trade - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Eritrea 9.82 2 Iraq 7.74 3 Singapore 6.39 4 Syria 5.96 5 West Bank and Gaza 5.94 6 Israel 5.87 7 Jordan 5.82 8 Lebanon 5.41 9 Bahrain 5.23 10 Brunei Darussalam 4.68 11 Oman 4.47 12 Laos 4.30 13 Belarus 3.71 14 Djibouti 3.45 15 Libya 3.31 16 Egypt 3.29 17 Middle East & North Africa 3.15 18 Greece 3.09 19 North Korea 2.83 20 South Korea 2.83 21 Saudi Arabia 2.64 22 Armenia 2.62 23 Sri Lanka 2.57 24 Cambodia 2.54 25 Cyprus 2.45 26 Turkey 2.38 27 Yemen 2.32 28 Algeria 2.31 29 Colombia 2.22 30 Macedonia 2.10 31 Morocco 2.09 32 Bulgaria 2.04 33 Iran 2.03 34 Azerbaijan 1.98 35 Namibia 1.97 36 Russia 1.94 37 Burma 1.91 38 Bolivia 1.88 39 United Arab Emirates 1.81 40 Italy 1.73 41 Pakistan 1.65 42 Portugal 1.62 43 Europe & Central Asia 1.62 44 Kuwait 1.61 45 Uruguay 1.58 46 Mauritania 1.55 47 Romania 1.54 48 Cuba 1.50 49 Lithuania 1.49 50 Dominican Republic 1.47 51 Angola 1.46 52 Georgia 1.45 53 Peru 1.44 54 Chile 1.34 55 Qatar 1.33 56 Latvia 1.32 57 El Salvador 1.32 58 Upper middle income 1.29 59 Tunisia 1.27 60 France 1.23 61 Mongolia 1.21 62 Fiji 1.18 63 Finland 1.18 64 Slovenia 1.16 65 Burundi 1.16 66 Malta 1.14 67 Malaysia 1.14 68 Botswana 1.13 69 Croatia 1.10 70 Euro area 1.09 71 Vietnam 1.09 72 Thailand 1.09 73 Suriname 1.06 74 High income 1.04 75 Zimbabwe 1.03 76 Albania 1.02 77 Ecuador 1.02 78 Gabon 1.02 79 Nepal 1.01 80 Denmark 1.01 81 Estonia 1 82 Spain 0.98 83 Sudan 0.97 84 Low income 0.97 85 United States 0.97 86 Kazakhstan 0.96 87 Guinea-Bissau 0.93 88 Ukraine 0.93 89 Turkmenistan 0.93 90 High income: OECD 0.93 91 Latin America & Caribbean 0.91 92 Venezuela 0.90 93 Paraguay 0.89 94 Guyana 0.88 95 Hungary 0.87 96 Kyrgyzstan 0.84 97 Chad 0.84 98 Low & middle income 0.83 99 Austria 0.82 100 Belgium 0.82 101 Middle income 0.81 102 Poland 0.81 103 Republic of the Congo 0.77 104 Belize 0.76 105 Panama 0.75 106 Luxembourg 0.73 107 Rwanda 0.73 108 Norway 0.72 109 Brazil 0.72 110 Honduras 0.71 111 Uzbekistan 0.71 112 Least developed countries: UN classification 0.71 113 Lower middle income 0.69 114 South Asia 0.67 115 Barbados 0.66 116 Guatemala 0.66 117 East Asia & Pacific 0.63 118 Slovakia 0.63 119 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.63 120 Mexico 0.61 121 Tajikistan 0.60 122 Germany 0.58 123 Trinidad and Tobago 0.58 124 Afghanistan 0.57 125 India 0.57 126 Argentina 0.56 127 Bahamas 0.55 128 Moldova 0.54 129 Netherlands 0.53 130 Nicaragua 0.53 131 Sierra Leone 0.52 132 Indonesia 0.52 133 Switzerland 0.52 134 Czech Republic 0.52 135 United Kingdom 0.51 136 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.51 137 Australia 0.49 138 Cape Verde 0.48 139 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.47 140 Costa Rica 0.47 141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.46 142 Ireland 0.45 143 Guinea 0.40 144 Equatorial Guinea 0.40 145 Philippines 0.39 146 New Zealand 0.39 147 China 0.37 148 Senegal 0.36 149 Japan 0.36 150 Ethiopia 0.36 151 Sweden 0.35 152 Mauritius 0.35 153 Togo 0.34 154 Uganda 0.34 155 Canada 0.34 156 Zambia 0.34 157 Nigeria 0.33 158 Mali 0.33 159 South Africa 0.33 160 Cameroon 0.31 161 Bangladesh 0.29 162 Jamaica 0.24 163 Madagascar 0.24 164 Ivory Coast 0.23 165 Timor-Leste 0.23 166 Niger 0.22 167 Lesotho 0.22 168 Benin 0.22 169 Kenya 0.16 170 Burkina Faso 0.16 171 Central African Republic 0.15 172 Ghana 0.13 173 Gambia 0.13 174 Tanzania 0.13 175 Liberia 0.13 176 Malawi 0.11 177 Papua New Guinea 0.11 178 Mozambique 0.10 179 Iceland 0.07 180 Haiti 0

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