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

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.25% of the labour force in Côte d’Ivoire and 0.24% of the labour force in Uganda, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 0.01 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Uganda.

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% of the labour force · IISS · log scale

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Latest figures

% of the labour force · IISS

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2020
Côte d’Ivoire	0.25 2020	—	148 of 168
Uganda	0.24 2020	0.39	151 of 168
World	0.79 2020	0.89

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Uganda.
In 2020, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 148 and Uganda ranked 151 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	Uganda	World
2020	0.25	0.24	0.79
2019	1.27	0.26	0.79
2018	0.26	0.28	0.8
2017	0.27	0.3	0.8
2016	0.25	0.31	0.81
2015	0.26	0.32	0.82
2014	0.26	0.32	0.82
2013	–	0.31	0.83
2012	–	0.38	0.87
2011	–	0.35	0.88
2010	–	0.39	0.89
2009	0.23	0.4	0.89
2008	0.24	0.42	0.89
2007	0.25	0.43	0.89
2006	–	–	0.95
2005	0.27	0.45	0.96
2004	0.26	0.55	0.94
2003	–	0.63	0.98
2002	–	0.6	1
2001	–	0.62	1.01
2000	–	0.57	1.07
1999	0.25	0.48	1.09
1998	0.26	0.5	1.13
1997	0.27	0.57	1.15
1996	0.28	0.65	1.18
1995	0.29	0.66	1.2
1994	0.3	0.79	0.94
1993	0.32	0.95	0.98
1992	0.33	0.98	1.03
1991	0.34	0.87	1.03
1990	0.36	0.9	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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