North Korea
Armed forces, share of workers in North Korea
Armed forces, share of workers in North Korea: 9.49% of the labour force in 1990 and 8.62% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 8.62% of the labour force
- Since 1990
- −0.88 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 2 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 9.49% of the labour force in 1990, the lowest 8.14% of the labour force in 1994.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.62 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 8.49 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 8.53 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 8.67 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 8.19 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 8.27 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 8.34 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 8.42 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 8.5 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 8.58 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 8.67 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 8.23 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 8.31 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 8.4 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 8.5 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 8.59 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 8.53 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 8.62 | 1 |
| 2001 | 8.7 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 8.59 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 8.68 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 8.76 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 8.86 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 8.44 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 9.08 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 8.14 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 8.27 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 9.16 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | 9.32 | 1.03 |
| 1990 | 9.49 | 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
North Korea in numbers
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