Variable: Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

QoG Code: (wdi_afp)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

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.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-11-20
Last updated by source: 2024-10-28


Categories:

Conflict


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 166
Basic time-series: 171
Standard cross-section: 166
Standard time-series: 171
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1991-2020
Basic time-series: 1991-2020
OECD time-series: 1991-2020

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This variable has information from the year 1990 to the year 2020