Bahamas
Armed forces, share of workers in Bahamas
Armed forces, share of workers in Bahamas: 1.32% of the labour force in 1995 and 0.92% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 0.92% of the labour force
- Since 1995
- −0.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 75 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 1.97% of the labour force in 1996, the lowest 0.4% of the labour force in 2012.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Bahamas | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.92 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0.85 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 0.56 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 0.43 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 0.57 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 0.58 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 0.59 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 0.6 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 0.41 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 0.42 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 0.5 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 0.44 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 0.45 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 0.45 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 0.46 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 0.49 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1.81 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 1.84 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 1.87 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 1.88 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 1.91 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 1.97 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 1.32 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | – | 0.94 |
| 1993 | – | 0.98 |
| 1992 | – | 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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Bahamas in numbers
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