Australia vs Switzerland: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.44% of the labour force in Australia and 0.4% of the labour force in Switzerland, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.04 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Switzerland.

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Change since 2010, percentage points · IISS

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Latest figures

% of the labour force · IISS

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2020
Australia	0.44 2020	0.48	122 of 168
Switzerland	0.4 2020	0.57	130 of 168
World	0.79 2020	0.89

What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Switzerland.
In 2020, Australia ranked 122 and Switzerland ranked 130 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	Australia	Switzerland	World
2020	0.44	0.4	0.79
2019	0.43	0.4	0.79
2018	0.44	0.43	0.8
2017	0.45	0.43	0.8
2016	0.45	0.43	0.81
2015	0.46	0.44	0.82
2014	0.46	0.44	0.82
2013	0.47	0.46	0.83
2012	0.47	0.49	0.87
2011	0.48	0.51	0.88
2010	0.48	0.57	0.89
2009	0.49	0.57	0.89
2008	0.49	0.52	0.89
2007	0.5	0.53	0.89
2006	0.48	0.54	0.95
2005	0.51	2.61	0.96
2004	0.51	0.1	0.94
2003	0.53	0.66	0.98
2002	0.52	0.67	1
2001	0.53	0.66	1.01
2000	0.54	0.69	1.07
1999	0.6	0.69	1.09
1998	0.63	0.66	1.13
1997	0.64	0.67	1.15
1996	0.64	0.7	1.18
1995	0.63	0.85	1.2
1994	0.74	1.06	0.94
1993	0.79	0.94	0.98
1992	0.79	0.84	1.03
1991	0.8	0.6	1.03
1990	0.8	0.61	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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