Bhutan vs China

Bhutan vs China: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers: 2.34% of the labour force in Bhutan in 2000 and 0.33% of the labour force in China in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 1.79 percentage points, or 4.24 times that in China.

BhutanChina
Watch it change on the map

% of the labour force · IISS · log scale

All yearsSince 2010
ValuesChange
LinearLog
World
Bhutan vs China: Armed forces, share of workersArmed forces, share of workers: 2.34% of the labour force in Bhutan in 2000 and 0.33% of the labour force in China in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 1.79 percentage points, or 4.24 times that in China.
BhutanChina

Latest figures

% of the labour force · IISS

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2020
Bhutan2.34 2000——
China0.33 20200.38142 of 168
World0.79 20200.89

What the numbers say

  • Bhutan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
  • The world as a whole: 1.07% of the labour force in 2000.

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

YearBhutanChinaWorld
2020–0.330.79
2019–0.330.79
2018–0.350.8
2017–0.350.8
2016–0.350.81
2015–0.360.82
2014–0.380.82
2013–0.380.83
2012–0.380.87
2011–0.380.88
2010–0.380.89
2009–0.380.89
2008–0.370.89
2007–0.380.89
2006–0.470.95
2005–0.50.96
2004–0.50.94
2003–0.510.98
2002–0.521
2001–0.531.01
20002.340.551.07
19992.830.551.09
19982.930.551.13
19972.580.531.15
19962.210.611.18
19951.780.621.2
19942.220.440.94
19932.220.460.98
19922.140.481.03
1991–0.51.03
1990–0.551.11

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time