Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.81% of the labour force in Kyrgyzstan and 0.75% of the labour force in Tajikistan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Kyrgyzstan, by 0.07 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Tajikistan.

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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
Kyrgyzstan	0.81 2020	0.86	86 of 168
Tajikistan	0.75 2020	0.8	91 of 168
World	0.79 2020	0.89

What the numbers say

Kyrgyzstan has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Tajikistan.
In 2020, Kyrgyzstan ranked 86 and Tajikistan ranked 91 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	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	World
2020	0.81	0.75	0.79
2019	0.8	0.75	0.79
2018	0.82	0.75	0.8
2017	0.86	0.75	0.8
2016	0.82	0.73	0.81
2015	0.83	0.74	0.82
2014	0.85	0.75	0.82
2013	0.88	0.76	0.83
2012	0.85	0.78	0.87
2011	0.84	0.79	0.88
2010	0.86	0.8	0.89
2009	0.88	0.81	0.89
2008	0.91	0.83	0.89
2007	0.91	0.81	0.89
2006	0.91	0.8	0.95
2005	0.79	0.6	0.96
2004	0.77	0.55	0.94
2003	0.72	0.33	0.98
2002	0.73	0.34	1
2001	0.65	0.35	1.01
2000	0.66	0.36	1.07
1999	0.58	0.52	1.09
1998	0.69	0.53	1.13
1997	0.71	0.54	1.15
1996	0.6	1.28	1.18
1995	0.35	1	1.2
1994	0.67	0.17	0.94
1993	0.65	0.17	0.98
1992	0.68	0.17	1.03
1991	–	–	1.03
1990	–	–	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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