Armed forces growth |
7 |
[62nd of 132] |
Armed forces personnel |
5,000 |
[127th of 166] |
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ |
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$ |
[76th of 100] |
Branches |
||
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification |
06 MAR 2001 |
|
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature |
27 SEP 1996 |
|
Conscription |
||
expenditure > % of GDP |
1.78 % |
[80th of 145] |
expenditure > current LCU |
8935000000 |
|
Expenditures |
1.7 % of GDP |
[46th of 87] |
Expenditures > Dollar figure |
$96,500,000.00 |
[51st of 111] |
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) |
$23.84 per 1,000 $ of GDP |
[29th of 111] |
Expenditures > Percent of GDP |
1.7% |
[52nd of 154] |
Manpower > Availability > Females |
1,882,421 |
[87th of 162] |
Manpower > Availability > Males |
1,908,457 |
[91st of 210] |
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 |
1,597,560 |
[96th of 175] |
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 |
1,638,010 |
[97th of 175] |
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females |
1,162,113 |
[97th of 162] |
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males |
1,173,742 |
[101st of 210] |
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 |
835,561 |
[114th of 174] |
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 |
805,603 |
[115th of 174] |
Manpower > Military age |
18 years of age |
|
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females |
94,008 |
[81st of 226] |
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males |
97,543 |
[80th of 226] |
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 |
76,661 |
[72nd of 157] |
personnel |
8,000 |
[138th of 170] |
personnel > % of total labor force |
0.24 % |
[148th of 168] |
Service
age and obligation |
||
US military exports |
$305.00 thousand |
[72nd of 109] |
Weapon holdings |
69,000 |
[124th of 137] |
SOURCES
calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International
Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford:
Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies).
2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press;
World Development
Indicators database; All
CIA World
Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia:
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from
the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty
International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends
World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for
Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious
Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War
Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC);
CIA World Factbook,
28 July 2005;
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James
Morrell; available from the Center
for International Policy; Bonn International
Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin
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