Montenegro
Armed forces, share of workers in Montenegro
Armed forces, share of workers in Montenegro: 6.76% of the labour force in 2006 and 4.66% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 4.66% of the labour force
- Since 2006
- −2.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 5 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 6.76% of the labour force in 2006, the lowest 4.3% of the labour force in 2019.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Montenegro | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.66 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 4.51 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 4.47 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 4.49 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 4.53 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 4.65 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 4.87 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 4.88 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 5.02 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 5.42 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 5.5 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 6.27 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 6.31 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 6.76 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | – | 0.96 |
| 2004 | – | 0.94 |
| 2003 | – | 0.98 |
| 2002 | – | 1 |
| 2001 | – | 1.01 |
| 2000 | – | 1.07 |
| 1999 | – | 1.09 |
| 1998 | – | 1.13 |
| 1997 | – | 1.15 |
| 1996 | – | 1.18 |
| 1995 | – | 1.2 |
| 1994 | – | 0.94 |
| 1993 | – | 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.
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Montenegro in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$163M in 2025
- Military spending per person$277 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022
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