Chapter 2 - Personnel
                               
Table 2.3 Global locations of Service1,2 and civilian3,4 personnel, at 1 April each year
Number: FTE
    1997     2004 2005   2006   2007   2008 5 2009  
Global Total
 344 120   || .. 309 570   299 240 e 288 080 p 276 560 p 274 990 p
 
Service
 210 820     .. 201 100   195 870 e 190 400 p 187 060 p 188 370 p
 
Civilian Level 0
 133 290   || 109 050 108 470   103 380   97 690   89 500   86 620  
 
 
                            
United Kingdom Total
 273 560   || .. 256 610   250 330 e 239 490 p 231 550 p 233 330 p
 
Service
 166 080     .. 171 870   167 330 e 161 390 p 158 660 p 162 710 p
 
Civilian
 107 480   || 86 210 84 740   83 000   78 110   72 890 r 70 620  
 
 
                            
Overseas Total
 60 420   || .. 47 500   45 820   44 520 p 41 340 p 38 280 p
 
Service
 42 700     .. 29 230 r 28 540   27 990 p 27 630 p 25 350 p
 
Civilian
 17 730   || 17 810 18 270   17 280   16 530   13 710   12 930  
 
 
                            
Mainland European States
 
 41 160   || .. 34 040   32 710 e 32 650 p 31 200 p 28 150 p
        Germany
Service
 21 900     .. 22 170   21 960 e 21 710 p 21 690 p 19 100 p
 
Civilian
 12 130   || 9 780 9 700   8 700   8 790   7 910   7 490  
        Balkans6
Service
 5 100     .. 170   30 e 50 p 20 p 20 p
 
Civilian
 20   || 640 660   680   710   230   200  
        Remainder
Service
 1 920     .. 1 200   1 180 e 1 160 p 1 130 p 1 130 p
 
Civilian
 100   || 130 140   160   230   220   210  
 
 
                            
Mediterranean
 
 8 690   || .. 7 430   7 630 e 6 740 p 5 670 p 5 540 p
        Cyprus
Service
 4 090       3 170   3 040 e 2 950 p 2 780 p 2 910 p
 
Civilian
 2 930   || 2 880 2 790   3 230   2 280   1 850   1 640  
        Gibraltar
Service
 480     .. 360   340 e 310 p 280 p 260 p
 
Civilian
 1 200   || 1 200 1 100   1 010   1 190   750   730  
 
 
                            
Middle East
Service
 670     .. 390   390 e 270 p 320 p 330 p
 
Civilian
 40   || 1 610 1 650   1 380   1 490   1 020   980  
 
 
                            
Far East/Asia
Service
 2 210     .. 260   260 e 220 p 260 p 260 p
 
Civilian
 770   || 730 730   960   750   740   710  
 
 
                            
Africa
 
 560   || .. 950   560 e 610 p 660 p 680 p
        Sierra Leone
Service
 -     .. 100   90 e 90 p 80 p 60 p
 
Civilian
 -   || - 610   230   220   220   150  
        Remainder
Service
 550     .. 70   70 e 70 p 70 p 120 p
 
Civilian
 -   || 160 170   180   230   280   360  
 
 
                            
North America
 
 2 260   || .. 910   870 e 850 p 890 p 920 p
        USA
Service
 1 310     .. 400   410 e 390 p 420 p 470 p
 
Civilian
 100   || 200 200   180   180   180   160  
        Canada
Service
 840     .. 290   260 e 270 p 270 p 270 p
 
Civilian
 10   || 10 20   20   10   20   20  
 
 
                            
Central/South America
Service
 300     .. 100   110 e 90 p 90 p 80 p
 
Civilian
 10   || 150 150   170   180   190   180  
 
 
                            
Falkland Islands7
Service
 1 790     .. 320   310 e 290 p 130 p 250 p
 
Civilian
 40   || 50 50   60   60   50   50  
 
 
                            
Elsewhere8
Service
 1 550     .. 230   90 e 100 p 110 p 100 p
 
Civilian
 390   || 280 280   340   220   60   60  
 
 
                            
Unallocated
 7 910   || .. 3 110   750 e 1 720 rp 1 390 rp 1 090 p
 
Service9
 2 040     .. -   - e 1 020 rp 770 rp 320 p
 
Civilian
 5 870   || 2 710 3 110   750   690   610   770  
 
 
                            
Royal Fleet Auxiliaries
Civilian
 2 210     2 310 2 350   2 340   2 360   2 270   2 300  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Service personnel figures are for UK Regular Forces. They include all trained and untrained Personnel and exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service
    personnel and mobilised reservists.
2. Data for the global locations of Service personnel were suspended between 2003 - 2004 because of concerns over quality of the source data. Figures for
    1997 showed where Service personnel were deployed. From 2005 data show where Service personnel are stationed.
3. Civilian Level 0 and Level 1 are defined in the Glossary.
4. UK civilian totals include Trading Fund personnel but excludes RFA and LEC personnel and those with an unknown location. Overseas civilian includes LEC
    personnel.
5. UK civilian total for 2008 has been revised to include an additional 50 personnel that previously had an unknown location.
6. Consists of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.
7. The number of personnel located in the Falkland Islands has remained constant. The temporary dip in 2008 was due to the way administrative systems
    recorded the type of assignment of personnel in the Falklands Islands. Those on temporary assignments are shown against their permanent stationed
    location.
8. Includes personnel in transit and those in any other geographic region that is not specifically identified above.
9. Revision in 2007 and 2008 due to further validation of legacy systems data prior to JPA.
 
Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Service strength statistics from 1 April 2007 onwards are provisional and subject to review.