Suriname
Armed forces, share of workers in Suriname
Armed forces, share of workers in Suriname: 3.22% of the labour force in 1990 and 0.85% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 0.85% of the labour force
- Since 1990
- −2.37 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 82 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 3.22% of the labour force in 1990, the lowest 0.57% of the labour force in 2004.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.85 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0.81 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 0.75 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 0.83 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 0.82 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 0.84 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 0.86 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 0.89 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 0.86 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 0.89 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 0.91 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 0.93 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 1.04 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 1.06 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 1.09 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 1.12 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 1.06 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 1.22 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1.27 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 1.33 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 1.25 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 1.28 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 1.31 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 1.35 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 1.38 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 1.57 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 1.58 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 1.58 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | 3.19 | 1.03 |
| 1990 | 3.22 | 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
Suriname in numbers
Every measure for Suriname on one page