Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 13.29% of the labour force in Eritrea and 0.28% of the labour force in Ethiopia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 13.01 percentage points, or 47 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of the labour force · IISS

EritreaEthiopiaWorld

What the numbers say

Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
In 2020, Eritrea ranked 1 and Ethiopia ranked 146 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	Eritrea	Ethiopia	World
2020	13.29	0.28	0.79
2019	13.48	0.28	0.79
2018	13.73	0.29	0.8
2017	13.97	0.29	0.8
2016	14.1	0.29	0.81
2015	14.17	0.3	0.82
2014	14.21	0.3	0.82
2013	14.26	0.31	0.83
2012	14.46	0.32	0.87
2011	14.67	0.33	0.88
2010	14.97	0.34	0.89
2009	15.28	0.36	0.89
2008	15.74	0.37	0.89
2007	16.23	0.38	0.89
2006	–	–	0.95
2005	16.63	0.54	0.96
2004	16.96	0.56	0.94
2003	17.93	0.51	0.98
2002	16.1	0.82	1
2001	16.76	0.85	1.01
2000	20.13	1.22	1.07
1999	20.33	1.16	1.09
1998	4.82	0.44	1.13
1997	4.72	0.45	1.15
1996	5.64	0.46	1.18
1995	5.97	0.48	1.2
1994	6.41	0.49	0.94
1993	6.61	0.51	0.98
1992	–	0.53	1.03
1991	–	0.55	1.03
1990	–	1.19	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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