Austria vs Belgium: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.5% of the labour force in Austria and 0.47% of the labour force in Belgium, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Austria, by 0.03 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Belgium.

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Watch it change on the map

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
Austria	0.5 2020	0.6	116 of 168
Belgium	0.47 2020	0.73	120 of 168
World	0.79 2020	0.89

What the numbers say

Austria has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2020, Austria ranked 116 and Belgium ranked 120 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	Austria	Belgium	World
2020	0.5	0.47	0.79
2019	0.48	0.51	0.79
2018	0.5	0.62	0.8
2017	0.46	0.64	0.8
2016	0.49	0.68	0.81
2015	0.48	0.73	0.82
2014	0.51	0.75	0.82
2013	0.51	0.76	0.83
2012	0.53	0.62	0.87
2011	0.54	0.7	0.88
2010	0.6	0.73	0.89
2009	0.61	0.82	0.89
2008	0.83	0.82	0.89
2007	0.84	0.82	0.89
2006	0.98	0.86	0.95
2005	1	0.8	0.96
2004	0.99	0.8	0.94
2003	0.87	0.93	0.98
2002	0.87	0.9	1
2001	0.89	0.91	1.01
2000	1.04	0.89	1.07
1999	1.05	0.96	1.09
1998	1.18	1.03	1.13
1997	1.19	1.05	1.15
1996	1.46	1.1	1.18
1995	1.45	1.13	1.2
1994	1.18	1.27	0.94
1993	1.21	1.71	0.98
1992	1.2	1.94	1.03
1991	1.23	2.51	1.03
1990	1.22	2.69	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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