Central African Republic vs Chad: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.54% of the labour force in Central African Republic and 0.85% of the labour force in Chad, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Chad, by 0.31 percentage points, or 1.58 times that in Central African Republic.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Chad has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2020, Central African Republic ranked 109 and Chad ranked 83 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	Central African Republic	Chad	World
2020	0.54	0.85	0.79
2019	0.54	0.87	0.79
2018	0.56	0.66	0.8
2017	0.45	0.72	0.8
2016	0.46	0.84	0.81
2015	0.47	0.86	0.82
2014	0.47	0.88	0.82
2013	0.46	0.79	0.83
2012	0.46	0.81	0.87
2011	0.18	0.84	0.88
2010	0.18	0.86	0.89
2009	0.18	0.89	0.89
2008	0.17	0.91	0.89
2007	0.17	0.94	0.89
2006	–	–	0.95
2005	0.18	0.99	0.96
2004	0.12	0.99	0.94
2003	0.22	1.06	0.98
2002	0.22	1.11	1
2001	0.27	1.13	1.01
2000	0.36	1.15	1.07
1999	0.34	1.19	1.09
1998	0.35	1.22	1.13
1997	0.36	1.25	1.15
1996	0.37	1.27	1.18
1995	0.38	1.32	1.2
1994	0.31	1.58	0.94
1993	0.32	1.19	0.98
1992	0.33	1.53	1.03
1991	0.34	2.11	1.03
1990	0.35	2.19	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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Deaths in conflictsCentral African Republic: 754 deaths in 2022Chad: 85 deaths in 2022