Cameroon vs Somalia: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.34% of the labour force in Cameroon and 0.47% of the labour force in Somalia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Somalia, by 0.13 percentage points, or 1.37 times that in Cameroon.

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% of the labour force · IISS

CameroonSomaliaWorld

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Somalia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Cameroon.
In 2020, Cameroon ranked 141 and Somalia ranked 119 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	Cameroon	Somalia	World
2020	0.34	0.47	0.79
2019	0.35	0.69	0.79
2018	0.36	0.71	0.8
2017	0.25	0.75	0.8
2016	0.25	0.77	0.81
2015	0.25	0.8	0.82
2014	0.26	0.71	0.82
2013	0.26	0.48	0.83
2012	0.27	0.9	0.87
2011	0.27	0.15	0.88
2010	0.27	0.09	0.89
2009	0.27	0.09	0.89
2008	0.28	–	0.89
2007	0.28	–	0.89
2006	–	–	0.95
2005	0.29	–	0.96
2004	0.3	–	0.94
2003	0.44	–	0.98
2002	0.45	–	1
2001	0.45	–	1.01
2000	0.33	3.15	1.07
1999	0.34	3.28	1.09
1998	0.35	15.33	1.13
1997	0.36	15.96	1.15
1996	0.37	16.51	1.18
1995	0.41	17.09	1.2
1994	0.21	–	0.94
1993	0.22	–	0.98
1992	0.23	–	1.03
1991	0.46	–	1.03
1990	0.46	3.68	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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Cameroon vs Somalia: Armed forces, share of workers

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