Eswatini vs South Africa

Eswatini vs South Africa: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers: 0.98% of the labour force in Eswatini in 1999 and 0.4% of the labour force in South Africa in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 1999 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 0.53 percentage points, or 2.16 times that in South Africa.

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% of the labour force · IISS

Eswatini vs South Africa: Armed forces, share of workersArmed forces, share of workers: 0.98% of the labour force in Eswatini in 1999 and 0.4% of the labour force in South Africa in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 1999 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 0.53 percentage points, or 2.16 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • Eswatini has been higher since 1999, when it overtook South Africa.
  • The world as a whole: 1.09% of the labour force in 1999.

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

YearEswatiniSouth AfricaWorld
2020–0.40.79
2019–0.380.79
2018–0.380.8
2017–0.350.8
2016–0.360.81
2015–0.370.82
2014–0.390.82
2013–0.370.83
2012–0.310.87
2011–0.40.88
2010–0.40.89
2009–0.390.89
2008–0.310.89
2007–0.310.89
2006–0.530.95
2005–0.290.96
2004–0.290.94
2003–0.30.98
2002–0.331
2001–0.371.01
2000–0.411.07
19990.980.451.09
199811.251.13
19971.031.311.15
19961.051.71.18
19951.081.711.2
19941.080.470.94
19931.070.480.98
19921.10.491.03
19911.150.531.03
19901.210.581.11

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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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