Cuba

Armed forces, share of workers in Cuba

Armed forces, share of workers in Cuba: 6.93% of the labour force in 1990 and 1.54% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
1.54% of the labour force
Since 1990
−5.39 percentage points
Rank, 2020
40 of 168
counting from the highest
World, 2020
0.79% of the labour force

% of the labour force · IISS

Armed forces, share of workers in CubaArmed forces, share of workers in Cuba: 6.93% of the labour force in 1990 and 1.54% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 6.93% of the labour force in 1990, the lowest 1.44% of the labour force in 2016.
Estimates, IISSWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 6.93% of the labour force in 1990, the lowest 1.44% of the labour force in 2016.

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

YearCubaWorld
20201.540.79
20191.460.79
20181.460.8
20171.450.8
20161.440.81
20151.450.82
20141.450.82
20131.460.83
20121.470.87
20111.470.88
20101.480.89
20091.470.89
20081.520.89
20071.530.89
20061.540.95
20051.550.96
20041.550.94
20031.510.98
20021.521
20011.531.01
20001.81.07
19991.971.09
19981.721.13
19971.731.15
19962.631.18
19952.771.2
19943.150.94
19933.980.98
199241.03
19916.851.03
19906.931.11

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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