Bulgaria vs Romania: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 1.18% of the labour force in Bulgaria and 1.52% of the labour force in Romania, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.34 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Bulgaria.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Bulgaria.
In 2020, Bulgaria ranked 55 and Romania ranked 41 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	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2020	1.18	1.52	0.79
2019	1.15	1.49	0.79
2018	1.16	1.49	0.8
2017	0.96	1.47	0.8
2016	0.99	1.76	0.81
2015	1.45	1.76	0.82
2014	1.44	1.78	0.82
2013	1.42	1.79	0.83
2012	1.41	1.79	0.87
2011	1.42	1.79	0.88
2010	1.91	1.79	0.89
2009	1.87	1.87	0.89
2008	2.11	1.73	0.89
2007	2.14	1.71	0.89
2006	2.19	1.71	0.95
2005	2.56	1.96	0.96
2004	2.52	1.94	0.94
2003	2.55	1.95	0.98
2002	3.01	1.97	1
2001	3.19	1.94	1.01
2000	3.31	3.03	1.07
1999	3.32	3.05	1.09
1998	3.95	3.2	1.13
1997	3.93	3.34	1.15
1996	4.03	3.38	1.18
1995	3.97	3.26	1.2
1994	2.33	2.2	0.94
1993	1.52	2.21	0.98
1992	2.87	1.91	1.03
1991	3.08	2.25	1.03
1990	3.7	1.41	1.11

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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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