Armenia
Armed forces, share of workers in Armenia
Armed forces, share of workers in Armenia: 1.24% of the labour force in 1992 and 3.25% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 3.25% of the labour force
- Since 1992
- +2.01 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 14 of 168
- counting from the highest
- World, 2020
- 0.79% of the labour force
% of the labour force · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.32% of the labour force in 1997, the lowest 1.24% of the labour force in 1992.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Armenia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.25 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 3.53 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 3.37 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 3.37 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 3.34 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 3.32 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 3.31 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 3.29 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 3.28 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 3.68 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 3.65 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 3.63 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 2.79 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 2.78 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 3.11 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 3.25 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 3.26 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 3.04 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 3.04 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2.88 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 2.87 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 3.82 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 3.85 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 4.32 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 4.09 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 4.23 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 3.05 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 1.37 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 1.24 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | – | 1.03 |
| 1990 | – | 1.11 |
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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Armenia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending6.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.65B in 2025
- Military spending per person$582 in 2025
- Military share of state spending19.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel47,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2006