Eritrea
Armed forces, share of workers in Eritrea
Armed forces, share of workers in Eritrea: 6.61% of the labour force in 1993 and 13.29% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 13.29% of the labour force
- Since 1993
- +6.68 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 1 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 20.33% of the labour force in 1999, the lowest 4.72% of the labour force in 1997.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13.29 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 13.48 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 13.73 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 13.97 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 14.1 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 14.17 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 14.21 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 14.26 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 14.46 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 14.67 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 14.97 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 15.28 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 15.74 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 16.23 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | – | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 16.63 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 16.96 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 17.93 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 16.1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 16.76 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 20.13 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 20.33 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 4.82 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 4.72 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 5.64 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 5.97 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 6.41 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 6.61 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Eritrea in numbers
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