Lebanon
Armed forces, share of workers in Lebanon
Armed forces, share of workers in Lebanon: 3.53% of the labour force in 1990 and 4.1% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 4.1% of the labour force
- Since 1990
- +0.58 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 8 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 6.37% of the labour force in 1999, the lowest 3.39% of the labour force in 1993.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.1 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 3.92 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 3.81 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 3.71 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 3.62 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 3.54 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 3.63 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 4.07 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 4.52 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 4.7 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 4.76 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 4.88 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 4.83 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 5.12 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 5.84 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 5.96 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 6.11 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 6.22 | 1 |
| 2001 | 6.35 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 5.88 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 6.37 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 5.52 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 6.12 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 5.76 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 5.49 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 4.48 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 3.39 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 3.47 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | 3.45 | 1.03 |
| 1990 | 3.53 | 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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Lebanon in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$736M in 2025
- Military spending per person$142 in 2025
- Military share of state spending16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel80,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports48 million TIV in 2002