Senegal

Armed forces, share of workers in Senegal

Armed forces, share of workers in Senegal: 0.85% of the labour force in 1990 and 0.37% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
0.37% of the labour force
Since 1990
−0.48 percentage points
Rank, 2020
134 of 168
counting from the highest
World, 2020
0.79% of the labour force
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% of the labour force · IISS

Armed forces, share of workers in SenegalArmed forces, share of workers in Senegal: 0.85% of the labour force in 1990 and 0.37% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 2020, Senegal ranked 134 of 168 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, IISSWorld

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

YearSenegalWorld
20200.370.79
20190.390.79
20180.410.8
20170.460.8
20160.430.81
20150.490.82
20140.50.82
20130.510.83
20120.520.87
20110.530.88
20100.540.89
20090.540.89
20080.560.89
20070.570.89
20060.580.95
20050.590.96
20040.580.94
20030.610.98
20020.511
20010.541.01
20000.551.07
19990.621.09
19980.641.13
19970.671.15
19960.691.18
19950.711.2
19940.590.94
19930.780.98
19920.81.03
19910.831.03
19900.851.11

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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