Afghanistan vs Tajikistan: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 1.82% of the labour force in Afghanistan and 0.75% of the labour force in Tajikistan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 1.08 percentage points, or 2.44 times that in Tajikistan.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Afghanistan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Tajikistan.
In 2020, Afghanistan ranked 32 and Tajikistan ranked 91 of 168 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.79% of the labour force in 2020.

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

Year	Afghanistan	Tajikistan	World
2020	1.82	0.75	0.79
2019	3.02	0.75	0.79
2018	2.96	0.75	0.8
2017	3.5	0.75	0.8
2016	3.64	0.73	0.81
2015	3.73	0.74	0.82
2014	3.75	0.75	0.82
2013	4.21	0.76	0.83
2012	4.5	0.78	0.87
2011	4.76	0.79	0.88
2010	4.5	0.8	0.89
2009	3.9	0.81	0.89
2008	1.5	0.83	0.89
2007	0.84	0.81	0.89
2006	0.86	0.8	0.95
2005	0.48	0.6	0.96
2004	0.49	0.55	0.94
2003	2.47	0.33	0.98
2002	2.43	0.34	1
2001	–	0.35	1.01
2000	8.54	0.36	1.07
1999	8.6	0.52	1.09
1998	8.87	0.53	1.13
1997	9.81	0.54	1.15
1996	10.12	1.28	1.18
1995	9.34	1	1.2
1994	1.15	0.17	0.94
1993	1.24	0.17	0.98
1992	1.39	0.17	1.03
1991	1.5	–	1.03
1990	1.95	–	1.11

Each country on its own

Good to know

Active-duty military personnel as a share of everyone working or looking for work, by the IISS Military Balance.
Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 168 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Afghanistan vs Tajikistan

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsAfghanistan: 1,498 deaths in 2022Tajikistan: 78 deaths in 2022