Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 1% of the labour force in Gabon and 0.55% of the labour force in Congo - Brazzaville, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Gabon, by 0.44 percentage points, or 1.81 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% of the labour force · IISS

GabonCongo - BrazzavilleWorld

What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2020, Gabon ranked 70 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 106 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	Gabon	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2020	1	0.55	0.79
2019	0.95	0	0.79
2018	0.93	0.55	0.8
2017	1	0.57	0.8
2016	0.99	0.58	0.81
2015	1.03	0.6	0.82
2014	1.07	0.61	0.82
2013	1.11	0.62	0.83
2012	1.16	0.63	0.87
2011	1.21	0.65	0.88
2010	1.27	0.67	0.89
2009	1.32	0.7	0.89
2008	1.44	0.73	0.89
2007	1.51	0.75	0.89
2006	–	–	0.95
2005	1.63	0.81	0.96
2004	1.45	0.85	0.94
2003	1.67	0.88	0.98
2002	1.73	0.9	1
2001	1.79	0.93	1.01
2000	1.84	1.21	1.07
1999	2.7	1.27	1.09
1998	2.79	1.31	1.13
1997	2.87	1.34	1.15
1996	2.95	1.37	1.18
1995	3.03	1.57	1.2
1994	1.96	0.97	0.94
1993	2.35	1	0.98
1992	2.42	1.03	1.03
1991	3.55	0.96	1.03
1990	3.27	0.99	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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Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville

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Deaths in conflictsGabon: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 22 deaths in 2022