United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 1.02% of the labour force in United Arab Emirates and 0.58% of the labour force in Yemen, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 0.44 percentage points, or 1.76 times that in Yemen.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Yemen.
In 2020, United Arab Emirates ranked 65 and Yemen ranked 102 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	United Arab Emirates	Yemen	World
2020	1.02	0.58	0.79
2019	1.01	0.59	0.79
2018	1.02	0.31	0.8
2017	1.04	0.64	0.8
2016	1.08	0.33	0.81
2015	1.14	0.34	0.82
2014	1.21	0.31	0.82
2013	1.27	2.17	0.83
2012	1.08	2.21	0.87
2011	1.12	2.26	0.88
2010	1.17	2.3	0.89
2009	1.19	2.37	0.89
2008	1.26	2.45	0.89
2007	1.41	2.54	0.89
2006	1.59	2.62	0.95
2005	1.73	2.71	0.96
2004	1.81	2.74	0.94
2003	1.95	2.82	0.98
2002	1.73	2.89	1
2001	2.96	2.68	1.01
2000	3.2	3.02	1.07
1999	3.45	3.08	1.09
1998	3.74	3.24	1.13
1997	4.07	3.64	1.15
1996	4.43	2.92	1.18
1995	5.17	1.9	1.2
1994	4.64	1.98	0.94
1993	4.52	1.91	0.98
1992	4.83	1.98	1.03
1991	6.19	4.08	1.03
1990	6.64	4.23	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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United Arab Emirates vs Yemen

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Deaths in conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022Yemen: 3,124 deaths in 2022