Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.28% of the labour force in Ethiopia and 0.23% of the labour force in Nigeria, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 0.05 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Nigeria.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2020, Ethiopia ranked 146 and Nigeria ranked 152 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	Ethiopia	Nigeria	World
2020	0.28	0.23	0.79
2019	0.28	0.23	0.79
2018	0.29	0.24	0.8
2017	0.29	0.24	0.8
2016	0.29	0.23	0.81
2015	0.3	0.23	0.82
2014	0.3	0.19	0.82
2013	0.31	0.2	0.83
2012	0.32	0.2	0.87
2011	0.33	0.21	0.88
2010	0.34	0.22	0.89
2009	0.36	0.22	0.89
2008	0.37	0.23	0.89
2007	0.38	0.23	0.89
2006	–	0.24	0.95
2005	0.54	0.24	0.96
2004	0.56	0.25	0.94
2003	0.51	0.25	0.98
2002	0.82	0.26	1
2001	0.85	0.26	1.01
2000	1.22	0.18	1.07
1999	1.16	0.21	1.09
1998	0.44	0.19	1.13
1997	0.45	0.2	1.15
1996	0.46	0.17	1.18
1995	0.48	0.17	1.2
1994	0.49	0.16	0.94
1993	0.51	0.16	0.98
1992	0.53	0.16	1.03
1991	0.55	0.21	1.03
1990	1.19	0.22	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 conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022Nigeria: 2,803 deaths in 2022