Argentina vs Congo - Kinshasa: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.53% of the labour force in Argentina and 0.41% of the labour force in Congo - Kinshasa, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Argentina, by 0.13 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2020, Argentina ranked 111 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 129 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	Argentina	Congo - Kinshasa	World
2020	0.53	0.41	0.79
2019	0.5	0.42	0.79
2018	0.52	0.43	0.8
2017	0.53	0.44	0.8
2016	0.54	0.45	0.81
2015	0.55	0.47	0.82
2014	0.55	0.48	0.82
2013	0.55	0.5	0.83
2012	0.55	0.51	0.87
2011	0.55	0.52	0.88
2010	0.57	0.63	0.89
2009	0.57	0.64	0.89
2008	0.59	0.62	0.89
2007	0.59	0.6	0.89
2006	0.6	–	0.95
2005	0.58	0.28	0.96
2004	0.58	0.29	0.94
2003	0.6	0.45	0.98
2002	0.61	0.38	1
2001	0.61	0.4	1.01
2000	0.61	0.47	1.07
1999	0.62	0.48	1.09
1998	0.64	0.47	1.13
1997	0.65	0.42	1.15
1996	0.66	0.36	1.18
1995	0.65	0.36	1.2
1994	0.46	0.23	0.94
1993	0.44	0.25	0.98
1992	0.45	0.29	1.03
1991	0.5	0.39	1.03
1990	0.63	0.37	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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Deaths in conflictsArgentina: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022