Côte d’Ivoire vs Rwanda: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.25% of the labour force in Côte d’Ivoire and 0.7% of the labour force in Rwanda, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 0.45 percentage points, or 2.82 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Rwanda has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
In 2020, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 148 and Rwanda ranked 94 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	Côte d’Ivoire	Rwanda	World
2020	0.25	0.7	0.79
2019	1.27	0.78	0.79
2018	0.26	0.78	0.8
2017	0.27	0.8	0.8
2016	0.25	0.82	0.81
2015	0.26	0.84	0.82
2014	0.26	0.87	0.82
2013	–	0.89	0.83
2012	–	0.91	0.87
2011	–	0.94	0.88
2010	–	0.97	0.89
2009	0.23	0.99	0.89
2008	0.24	1.02	0.89
2007	0.25	1.05	0.89
2006	–	–	0.95
2005	0.27	1.68	0.96
2004	0.26	1.73	0.94
2003	–	2.06	0.98
2002	–	2.78	1
2001	–	2.82	1.01
2000	–	2.78	1.07
1999	0.25	2.03	1.09
1998	0.26	2.09	1.13
1997	0.27	2.55	1.15
1996	0.28	1.93	1.18
1995	0.29	2.73	1.2
1994	0.3	1.4	0.94
1993	0.32	1.16	0.98
1992	0.33	1.21	1.03
1991	0.34	1.24	1.03
1990	0.36	0.25	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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