Mali vs Senegal: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.54% of the labour force in Mali and 0.37% of the labour force in Senegal, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Mali, by 0.17 percentage points, or 1.45 times that in Senegal.

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Watch it change on the map

Change since 1990, percentage points · IISS

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Latest figures

% of the labour force · IISS

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2020
Mali	0.54 2020	0.2	107 of 168
Senegal	0.37 2020	0.54	134 of 168
World	0.79 2020	0.89

What the numbers say

Mali has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Senegal.
In 2020, Mali ranked 107 and Senegal ranked 134 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	Mali	Senegal	World
2020	0.54	0.37	0.79
2019	0.28	0.39	0.79
2018	0.29	0.41	0.8
2017	0.25	0.46	0.8
2016	0.26	0.43	0.81
2015	0.23	0.49	0.82
2014	0.21	0.5	0.82
2013	0.18	0.51	0.83
2012	0.12	0.52	0.87
2011	0.2	0.53	0.88
2010	0.2	0.54	0.89
2009	0.21	0.54	0.89
2008	0.21	0.56	0.89
2007	0.22	0.57	0.89
2006	0.23	0.58	0.95
2005	0.24	0.59	0.96
2004	0.22	0.58	0.94
2003	0.26	0.61	0.98
2002	0.33	0.51	1
2001	0.34	0.54	1.01
2000	0.35	0.55	1.07
1999	0.36	0.62	1.09
1998	0.37	0.64	1.13
1997	0.38	0.67	1.15
1996	0.39	0.69	1.18
1995	0.4	0.71	1.2
1994	0.32	0.59	0.94
1993	0.33	0.78	0.98
1992	0.34	0.8	1.03
1991	0.37	0.83	1.03
1990	0.38	0.85	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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