Guinea vs Mozambique: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.32% of the labour force in Guinea and 0.08% of the labour force in Mozambique, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Guinea, by 0.24 percentage points, or 3.85 times that in Mozambique.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Guinea has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Mozambique.
In 2020, Guinea ranked 144 and Mozambique ranked 164 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	Guinea	Mozambique	World
2020	0.32	0.08	0.79
2019	0.33	0.09	0.79
2018	0.33	0.09	0.8
2017	0.34	0.09	0.8
2016	0.33	0.1	0.81
2015	0.33	0.1	0.82
2014	0.34	0.1	0.82
2013	0.34	0.1	0.83
2012	0.35	0.1	0.87
2011	0.35	0.11	0.88
2010	0.57	0.11	0.89
2009	0.58	0.11	0.89
2008	0.58	0.11	0.89
2007	0.59	0.11	0.89
2006	–	0.11	0.95
2005	0.41	0.12	0.96
2004	0.35	0.12	0.94
2003	0.4	0.09	0.98
2002	0.63	0.12	1
2001	0.58	0.13	1.01
2000	0.65	0.07	1.07
1999	0.66	0.07	1.09
1998	0.67	0.08	1.13
1997	0.68	0.08	1.15
1996	0.69	0.14	1.18
1995	0.71	0.16	1.2
1994	0.45	0.16	0.94
1993	0.58	0.78	0.98
1992	0.6	0.8	1.03
1991	0.62	1.07	1.03
1990	0.64	1.09	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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