Latvia
Armed forces, share of workers in Latvia
Armed forces, share of workers in Latvia: 0.4% of the labour force in 1992 and 0.92% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 0.92% of the labour force
- Since 1992
- +0.52 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 76 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 1.52% of the labour force in 2006, the lowest 0.4% of the labour force in 1992.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.92 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0.61 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 0.69 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 0.53 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 0.53 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 0.53 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 0.52 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 0.51 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 0.52 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 0.43 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 0.52 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 0.43 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 1.49 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 1.52 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 0.46 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 0.46 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 0.74 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 0.78 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0.91 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 0.78 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 0.84 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 0.75 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 1.05 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 0.95 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 0.5 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 0.4 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 0.4 | 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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- Military spending3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$929 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025