Bhutan

Armed forces, share of workers in Bhutan

Armed forces, share of workers in Bhutan: 2.14% of the labour force in 1992 and 2.34% of the labour force in 2000, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2000
2.34% of the labour force
Since 1992
+0.2 percentage points
World, 2000
1.07% of the labour force

% of the labour force · IISS

Armed forces, share of workers in BhutanArmed forces, share of workers in Bhutan: 2.14% of the labour force in 1992 and 2.34% of the labour force in 2000, by IISS estimates. The highest was 2.93% of the labour force in 1998, the lowest 1.78% of the labour force in 1995.
Estimates, IISSWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.93% of the labour force in 1998, the lowest 1.78% of the labour force in 1995.

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

YearBhutanWorld
2020–0.79
2019–0.79
2018–0.8
2017–0.8
2016–0.81
2015–0.82
2014–0.82
2013–0.83
2012–0.87
2011–0.88
2010–0.89
2009–0.89
2008–0.89
2007–0.89
2006–0.95
2005–0.96
2004–0.94
2003–0.98
2002–1
2001–1.01
20002.341.07
19992.831.09
19982.931.13
19972.581.15
19962.211.18
19951.781.2
19942.220.94
19932.220.98
19922.141.03
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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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