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It would be really interesting to see a breakdown of military spending per employee. For the US, 2.2M employees equates to ~1.38% of the employed population [1
by was_a_dev 4y ago
It would be really interesting to see a breakdown of military spending per employee.
For the US, 2.2M employees equates to ~1.38% of the employed population [1].
For the UK, the military isn't the largest employer, the NHS is, which isn't surprising. The British Armed Forces employ 148K [2] people which is ~0.46% of the employed population [2].
Would be interesting to see the worldwide trends.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/269959/employment-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/269959/employment-in-the...
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/579773/number-of-personnel-in-uk-armed-forces/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/579773/number-of-personn...
[3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/281998/employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/281998/employment-figure...
- tiffanyh 4y agoLooks like out of the Top 10 Worlds Largest Employers, 3 are government militaries (US, China, India). UK/NHS is also on that top 10 list. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-military-is-the-largest-employer-in-the-world-2015-06-17 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-military-is-the-largest...