Palestinian Territories
Armed forces, share of workers in Palestinian Territories
Armed forces, share of workers in Palestinian Territories: 7.93% of the labour force in 2005 and 0% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 0% of the labour force
- Since 2005
- −7.93 percentage points
- World, 2020
- 0.79% of the labour force
% of the labour force · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.93% of the labour force in 2005, the lowest 0% of the labour force in 2019.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Palestinian Territories | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | – | 0.8 |
| 2017 | – | 0.8 |
| 2016 | – | 0.81 |
| 2015 | – | 0.82 |
| 2014 | – | 0.82 |
| 2013 | – | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 5.73 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 5.96 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 6.37 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 6.67 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 6.95 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 7.13 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 7.65 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 7.93 | 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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