Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 1.4% of the labour force in Nepal and 3.74% of the labour force in Sri Lanka, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Sri Lanka, by 2.33 percentage points, or 2.66 times that in Nepal.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

Sri Lanka has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Nepal.
In 2020, Nepal ranked 44 and Sri Lanka ranked 11 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	Nepal	Sri Lanka	World
2020	1.4	3.74	0.79
2019	1.44	3.65	0.79
2018	1.46	3.72	0.8
2017	1.47	3.61	0.8
2016	2.1	3.55	0.81
2015	2.12	3.13	0.82
2014	2.13	2.77	0.82
2013	2.14	2.78	0.83
2012	2.16	2.68	0.87
2011	2.17	2.69	0.88
2010	2.2	2.69	0.89
2009	2.24	2.7	0.89
2008	1.89	2.58	0.89
2007	1.92	2.59	0.89
2006	1.95	2.6	0.95
2005	1.99	2.45	0.96
2004	2.02	2.94	0.94
2003	1.62	2.98	0.98
2002	1.46	3.07	1
2001	1.41	2.63	1.01
2000	1.5	2.6	1.07
1999	1.53	2.77	1.09
1998	1.56	2.85	1.13
1997	1.53	3.14	1.15
1996	1.29	3.18	1.18
1995	1.17	3.45	1.2
1994	0.66	1.59	0.94
1993	0.68	1.64	0.98
1992	0.7	1.69	1.03
1991	0.72	1.66	1.03
1990	0.74	0.32	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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