Serbia
Armed forces, share of workers in Serbia
Armed forces, share of workers in Serbia: 4.79% of the labour force in 1990 and 1.01% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 1.01% of the labour force
- Since 1990
- −3.78 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 66 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 5.7% of the labour force in 2001, the lowest 0.71% of the labour force in 2006.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.01 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0.99 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 0.99 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 0.99 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 0.89 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 0.9 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 0.91 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 0.91 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 0.94 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 0.91 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 0.73 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 0.71 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 0.71 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 3.25 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 3.22 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 3.17 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 2001 | 5.7 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 3.87 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 4.16 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 4.37 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 4.33 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 4.26 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 4.57 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 3.59 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 2.74 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 3.76 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | 4.65 | 1.03 |
| 1990 | 4.79 | 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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- Military spending2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per person$414 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel32,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports39 million TIV in 2025
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