FACTOID # 3: The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.
 
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Military Statistics > personnel > % of total labor force (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Korea, North: 12.11 %   2005 Time series
# 2   Eritrea: 11.3 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Singapore: 7.54 %   2005 Time series
# 4   Brunei: 6.72 %   2005 Time series
# 5   Israel: 6.45 %   2005 Time series
# 6   Bahrain: 6.23 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Lebanon: 6.03 %   2005 Time series
# 8   Jordan: 6.02 %   2005 Time series
# 9   Maldives: 5.54 %   2000 Time series
# 10   Syria: 5.49 %   2005 Time series
# 11   Laos: 5.48 %   2005 Time series
# 12   Oman: 4.81 %   2005 Time series
# 13   Djibouti: 4.13 %   2005 Time series
= 14   Armenia: 3.83 %   2005 Time series
= 14   Belarus: 3.83 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Egypt: 3.49 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Greece: 3.26 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Libya: 3.25 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Saudi Arabia: 2.9 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Cyprus: 2.87 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Korea, South: 2.84 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Serbia and Montenegro: 2.83 %   2004 Time series
= 23   Bhutan: 2.8 %   2000 Time series
= 23   Cambodia: 2.8 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Bulgaria: 2.73 %   2005 Time series
# 26   Iraq: 2.72 %   2005 Time series
# 27   Switzerland: 2.6 %   2005 Time series
# 28   Qatar: 2.54 %   2005 Time series
# 29   São Tomé and Príncipe: 2.45 %   1999 Time series
= 30   Sri Lanka: 2.38 %   2005 Time series
= 30   Algeria: 2.38 %   2005 Time series
= 32   Yemen: 2.32 %   2005 Time series
= 32   Namibia: 2.32 %   2005 Time series
= 32   Turkey: 2.32 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Morocco: 2.26 %   2005 Time series
# 36   Macedonia, Republic of: 2.2 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Burundi: 2.14 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Iran: 2.12 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Azerbaijan: 1.99 %   2005 Time series
# 40   Russia: 1.98 %   2005 Time series
# 41   United Arab Emirates: 1.87 %   2005 Time series
# 42   Norway: 1.86 %   2005 Time series
# 43   Italy: 1.82 %   2005 Time series
= 44   Botswana: 1.79 %   2005 Time series
= 44   Lithuania: 1.79 %   2005 Time series
# 46   Chile: 1.78 %   2005 Time series
# 47   Burma: 1.76 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Mauritania: 1.75 %   2005 Time series
# 49   Romania: 1.72 %   2005 Time series
= 50   Bolivia: 1.68 %   2005 Time series
= 50   Angola: 1.68 %   2005 Time series
= 52   Kuwait: 1.67 %   2005 Time series
= 52   Portugal: 1.67 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Somalia: 1.66 %   2000 Time series
# 55   Albania: 1.65 %   2005 Time series
# 56   Pakistan: 1.63 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Croatia: 1.59 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Colombia: 1.5 %   2005 Time series
= 59   Guinea-Bissau: 1.42 %   2005 Time series
= 59   Uruguay: 1.42 %   2005 Time series
# 61   Cuba: 1.41 %   2005 Time series
# 62   Mongolia: 1.33 %   2005 Time series
# 63   France: 1.32 %   2005 Time series
# 64   Suriname: 1.31 %   2005 Time series
# 65   Rwanda: 1.27 %   2005 Time series
= 66   Liberia: 1.25 %   2005 Time series
= 66   Nepal: 1.25 %   2005 Time series
# 68   Kazakhstan: 1.24 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Malaysia: 1.23 %   2005 Time series
= 70   Ukraine: 1.22 %   2005 Time series
= 70   Tunisia: 1.22 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Estonia: 1.21 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Turkmenistan: 1.18 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Guatemala: 1.18 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Malta: 1.18 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Thailand: 1.18 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Peru: 1.18 %   2005 Time series
= 78   Finland: 1.17 %   2005 Time series
= 78   Gabon: 1.17 %   2005 Time series
= 78   Sudan: 1.17 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Slovenia: 1.16 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Vietnam: 1.12 %   2005 Time series
= 83   Spain: 1.05 %   2005 Time series
= 83   Hungary: 1.05 %   2005 Time series
= 85   Fiji: 1.04 %   2005 Time series
= 85   Dominican Republic: 1.04 %   2005 Time series
# 87   Georgia: 1.02 %   2005 Time series
# 88   Austria: 1.01 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Swaziland: 1 %   1999 Time series
# 90   United States: 0.99 %   2005 Time series
# 91   Chad: 0.95 %   2005 Time series
# 92   Costa Rica: 0.94 %   2003 Time series
# 93   Poland: 0.93 %   2005 Time series
= 94   Paraguay: 0.91 %   2005 Time series
= 94   Guyana: 0.91 %   2005 Time series
# 96   Zimbabwe: 0.89 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Belize: 0.86 %   2005 Time series
= 98   Belgium: 0.82 %   2005 Time series
= 98   Panama: 0.82 %   2005 Time series
# 100   Uzbekistan: 0.81 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Congo, Republic of the: 0.8 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Kyrgyzstan: 0.79 %   2005 Time series
= 103   Luxembourg: 0.75 %   2005 Time series
= 103   Slovakia: 0.75 %   2005 Time series
= 105   Denmark: 0.74 %   2005 Time series
= 105   Brazil: 0.74 %   2005 Time series
= 105   Ecuador: 0.74 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Nicaragua: 0.73 %   2005 Time series
# 109   United Kingdom: 0.71 %   2005 Time series
= 110   Netherlands: 0.7 %   2005 Time series
= 110   Germany: 0.7 %   2005 Time series
= 110   India: 0.7 %   2005 Time series
= 113   Honduras: 0.64 %   2005 Time series
= 113   Venezuela: 0.64 %   2005 Time series
= 115   Cape Verde: 0.61 %   2005 Time series
= 115   Sweden: 0.61 %   2005 Time series
= 115   Tajikistan: 0.61 %   2005 Time series
= 118   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.58 %   2005 Time series
= 118   Ethiopia: 0.58 %   2005 Time series
= 118   El Salvador: 0.58 %   2005 Time series
# 121   Argentina: 0.56 %   2005 Time series
= 122   Sierra Leone: 0.55 %   2005 Time series
= 122   Bahamas, The: 0.55 %   2005 Time series
= 124   Czech Republic: 0.54 %   2005 Time series
= 124   Indonesia: 0.54 %   2005 Time series
= 126   Equatorial Guinea: 0.51 %   2005 Time series
= 126   Australia: 0.51 %   2005 Time series
= 128   Ireland: 0.48 %   2005 Time series
= 128   Trinidad and Tobago: 0.48 %   2005 Time series
= 128   Mexico: 0.48 %   2005 Time series
= 128   China: 0.48 %   2005 Time series
= 132   Latvia: 0.46 %   2005 Time series
= 132   Moldova: 0.46 %   2005 Time series
# 134   New Zealand: 0.42 %   2005 Time series
= 135   Japan: 0.41 %   2005 Time series
= 135   Senegal: 0.41 %   2005 Time series
= 137   Uganda: 0.4 %   2005 Time series
= 137   Philippines: 0.4 %   2005 Time series
= 137   Canada: 0.4 %   2005 Time series
= 137   Togo: 0.4 %   2005 Time series
= 141   Bangladesh: 0.39 %   2005 Time series
= 141   Barbados: 0.39 %   2005 Time series
# 143   Cameroon: 0.37 %   2005 Time series
# 144   Mauritius: 0.35 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Nigeria: 0.34 %   2005 Time series
= 146   Zambia: 0.32 %   2005 Time series
= 146   Lesotho: 0.32 %   2005 Time series
= 148   Guinea: 0.29 %   2005 Time series
= 148   South Africa: 0.29 %   2005 Time series
= 150   Côte d'Ivoire: 0.28 %   2005 Time series
= 150   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.28 %   2005 Time series
# 152   East Timor: 0.27 %   2004 Time series
= 153   Afghanistan: 0.26 %   2005 Time series
= 153   Jamaica: 0.26 %   2005 Time series
= 153   Madagascar: 0.26 %   2005 Time series
# 156   Benin: 0.24 %   2005 Time series
# 157   Mali: 0.22 %   2005 Time series
= 158   Kenya: 0.19 %   2005 Time series
= 158   Burkina Faso: 0.19 %   2005 Time series
# 160   Niger: 0.17 %   2005 Time series
# 161   Central African Republic: 0.16 %   2005 Time series
# 162   Haiti: 0.15 %   2003 Time series
# 163   Tanzania: 0.14 %   2005 Time series
= 164   Gambia, The: 0.12 %   2005 Time series
= 164   Papua New Guinea: 0.12 %   2005 Time series
= 164   Mozambique: 0.12 %   2005 Time series
= 164   Malawi: 0.12 %   2005 Time series
# 168   Ghana: 0.07 %   2005 Time series
# 169   Iceland: 0.06 %   2003 Time series
Weighted average: 1.6 %   



DEFINITION: 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: World Development Indicators database

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