Armed forces personnel as a share of total workforce reached 2.79% in 2019 in Afghanistan, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 1.92% less than in the previous year.
Historically, armed forces personnel as a share of total workforce in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 10.5% in 1996 and an all time low of 0.466% in 2005.
Afghanistan has been ranked 19th within the group of 162 countries we follow in terms of armed forces personnel as a share of total workforce.
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