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Military Stats: compare key data on Netherlands & New Zealand

Definitions

  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
  • Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
  • Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
  • Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Military expenditures: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • Navy > Frigates: Number of frigates.
  • Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
  • Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
  • War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • Navy > Amphibious warfare ships: Number of amphibious warfare ships.
  • Military expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Highest military decorations > Name: Name of each country’s highest military decoration.
  • Navy > Patrol boats: Number of patrol boats (Includes minesweepers).
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Personnel per 1000: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Nuclear weapons > Non-Proliferation treaty sign date: Signed.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
  • Armed forces growth: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
  • Imports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Military expenditures > Percent of GDP: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Conventional arms > Exports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
  • Terrorism > 2002 Bali bombing deaths: Amount of citizens from each country who were killed in the 2002 Bali bombings. In all, 202 people were killed.
  • Weapon holdings per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Exports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Conventional arms > Exports per capita: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Highest military decorations > Number awarded: Amount of time the country’s military decoration has been awarded.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Conventional arms imports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
  • Terrorism > 2002 Bali bombing deaths per million people: Amount of citizens from each country who were killed in the 2002 Bali bombings. In all, 202 people were killed. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
  • Conventional arms > Exports > Per $ GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Aid to Afghanistan > Gross disbursements as a percent of ODA: Percent of all gross disbursments of official development aid which goes to Afghanistan, 2003-2004. NOTE: The total percent to Afghanistan from all donor countries is 1.7%.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Conventional arms imports per capita: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Commitment to Development Index (security): The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) ranks the world’s richest countries on their commitment to policies that benefit the poorer nations. The security component of the CDI considers military actions that affect developing countries, favoring three aspects of the security-development nexus: 1. Financial and personnel contributions to peacekeeping operations and forcible humanitarian interventions. 2. Deployment of naval fleets to platrol sea lanes. 3. Collaboration with international security regimes that promote non-proliferation, disarmament and international rule of law. Finally, the CDI penalizes some exports of arms to nations, especially ones that are undemocratic and spend heavily on the military.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Military expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
  • Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Conscription status: Whether countries prescribe mandatory military services as of 1997.
  • Conventional arms > Exports, % of GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Conventional arms imports, % of GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organisation's definition of the economically active population."
  • Expenditure > % of central government expenditure: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 100,000 $ gross domestic product.
STAT Netherlands New Zealand HISTORY
Armed forces personnel 52,000
Ranked 66th. 6 times more than New Zealand
9,000
Ranked 111th.
Armed forces personnel > Total 47,000
Ranked 71st. 5 times more than New Zealand
9,000
Ranked 130th.

Budget 12.6 US$ BN
Ranked 7th. 9 times more than New Zealand
1.46 US$ BN
Ranked 28th.
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.6%
Ranked 94th. 60% more than New Zealand
1%
Ranked 128th.
Global Peace Index 1.51
Ranked 16th. 22% more than New Zealand
1.24
Ranked 31st.

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Military branches Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi, RNZAF)
Military expenditures 1.6% of GDP
Ranked 21st. 7% more than New Zealand
1.5% of GDP
Ranked 36th.
Military service age and obligation 17 years of age for an all-volunteer force 17 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription; 3 years of secondary education required; must be a citizen of NZ, the UK, Australia, Canada, or the US, and resident of NZ for the previous 5 years
Navy > Frigates 6
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than New Zealand
2
Ranked 24th.
Paramilitary personnel 3,000
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 124th.
Personnel 60,000
Ranked 67th. 7 times more than New Zealand
9,000
Ranked 135th.

Personnel > Per capita 3.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 91st. 67% more than New Zealand
2.2 per 1,000 people
Ranked 124th.

Service age and obligation 20 years of age for an all-volunteer force 17 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 185th.
0.0
Ranked 103th.

Branches Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Navy > Amphibious warfare ships 3
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than New Zealand
1
Ranked 9th.
Military expenditure > Current LCU 8.74 billion
Ranked 67th. 4 times more than New Zealand
2.13 billion
Ranked 82nd.

Highest military decorations > Name Military William Order The Victoria Cross for New Zealand
Navy > Patrol boats 3
Ranked 11th.
6
Ranked 12th. Twice as much as Netherlands
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 103,462
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than New Zealand
30,846
Ranked 127th.

Weapon holdings 2.02 million
Ranked 39th. 15 times more than New Zealand
134,000
Ranked 107th.
Armed forces personnel per 1000 3.27
Ranked 91st. 40% more than New Zealand
2.33
Ranked 104th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 105,735
Ranked 76th. 3 times more than New Zealand
31,834
Ranked 126th.

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Personnel per 1000 3.68
Ranked 92nd. 69% more than New Zealand
2.18
Ranked 123th.

Expenditure > Current LCU 7957000000 1563000000
Nuclear weapons > Non-Proliferation treaty sign date 20 Aug 1968 (L, M, W) 1 Jul 1968 (L, M, W)
Conscription No <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>conscription</a> (FWCC). No <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>conscription</a> (<a href=/encyclopedia/artificial-intelligence>AI</a>).
Armed forces growth -51%
Ranked 116th. 96% more than New Zealand
-26%
Ranked 95th.
Imports > USD 152 million
Ranked 32nd. 38 times more than New Zealand
4 million
Ranked 77th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 129 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 34th. 16 times more than New Zealand
8 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 70th.

Expenditures 1.6% of GDP
Ranked 46th. 60% more than New Zealand
1% of GDP
Ranked 62nd.
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.6% of GDP
Ranked 41st. 60% more than New Zealand
1% of GDP
Ranked 57th.
Conventional arms > Exports $211.00 million
Ranked 10th. 211 times more than New Zealand
$1,000,000.00
Ranked 36th.
Terrorism > 2002 Bali bombing deaths 4
Ranked 8th. 33% more than New Zealand
3
Ranked 9th.
Weapon holdings per 1000 126.14
Ranked 45th. 4 times more than New Zealand
34.53
Ranked 85th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 None None
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 840 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 5th. 840 times more than New Zealand
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 40th.

Exports > USD 554 million
Ranked 7th. 554 times more than New Zealand
1,000,000
Ranked 42nd.

Conventional arms > Exports per capita $14.11
Ranked 12th. 47 times more than New Zealand
$0.30
Ranked 30th.
ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2010-12-14 242
Ranked 23th. 3% more than New Zealand
234
Ranked 24th.
Highest military decorations > Number awarded 5,875
Ranked 1st. 5875 times more than New Zealand
1
Ranked 10th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 6.17
Ranked 178th.
6.96
Ranked 161st. 13% more than Netherlands

Conventional arms imports $183.00 million
Ranked 29th. 4 times more than New Zealand
$42.00 million
Ranked 48th.
Terrorism > 2002 Bali bombing deaths per million people 0.248
Ranked 8th.
0.76
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Netherlands
Manpower > Availability > Males 3.95 million
Ranked 61st. 4 times more than New Zealand
1.01 million
Ranked 126th.

Manpower > Military age 20 years of age 20 years of age
Conventional arms > Exports > Per $ GDP 0.439 per $1,000
Ranked 16th. 40 times more than New Zealand
0.011 per $1,000
Ranked 34th.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996 27 SEP 1996
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 99,934
Ranked 62nd. 3 times more than New Zealand
29,738
Ranked 104th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 103,462
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than New Zealand
30,846
Ranked 127th.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 None None
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 7.9 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than New Zealand
1.94 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 50th.

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 51,471.06 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 2nd. 209 times more than New Zealand
246.22 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 33th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 3.23 million
Ranked 56th. 4 times more than New Zealand
833,073
Ranked 122nd.

Manpower > Availability > Females 3.85 million
Ranked 57th. 4 times more than New Zealand
997,134
Ranked 116th.

Aid to Afghanistan > Gross disbursements as a percent of ODA 1.9%
Ranked 9th.
3%
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than Netherlands
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 4.07 million
Ranked 58th. 4 times more than New Zealand
1.02 million
Ranked 122nd.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 7.9 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than New Zealand
1.95 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 49th.

Conventional arms imports per capita $12.24
Ranked 21st.
$12.61
Ranked 20th. 3% more than Netherlands
Commitment to Development Index (security) 3.2
Ranked 24th.
7.3
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Netherlands
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 5.92
Ranked 182nd.
6.6
Ranked 161st. 11% more than Netherlands
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 98,383
Ranked 80th. 3 times more than New Zealand
28,825
Ranked 129th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 3.15 million
Ranked 55th. 4 times more than New Zealand
822,807
Ranked 114th.

ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2009-12-09 1,950
Ranked 7th. 9 times more than New Zealand
220
Ranked 22nd.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 249.51
Ranked 84th. 1% more than New Zealand
247.17
Ranked 90th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 3.54 million
Ranked 49th. 4 times more than New Zealand
859,505
Ranked 111th.

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $9.42 million
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than New Zealand
$3.35 million
Ranked 27th.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000 6.1
Ranked 128th.
7.03
Ranked 111th. 15% more than Netherlands
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP 0.38 per $1,000
Ranked 42nd.
0.454 per $1,000
Ranked 40th. 19% more than Netherlands
Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 240.24
Ranked 112th. 2% more than New Zealand
236.43
Ranked 129th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 6.16
Ranked 182nd.
7.07
Ranked 157th. 15% more than Netherlands
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita $0.58
Ranked 25th.
$0.79
Ranked 22nd. 38% more than Netherlands
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP 0.0012%
Ranked 30th.
0.00248%
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Netherlands
Military expenditure > % of GDP 1.53%
Ranked 63th. 33% more than New Zealand
1.15%
Ranked 82nd.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 5.92
Ranked 180th.
6.6
Ranked 160th. 11% more than Netherlands
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 51.47 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 2nd. 210 times more than New Zealand
0.245 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 33th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.217 per capita
Ranked 19th. 1% more than New Zealand
0.214 per capita
Ranked 26th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 6.05 per 1,000 people
Ranked 191st.
7.25 per 1,000 people
Ranked 162nd. 20% more than Netherlands

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.25 per capita
Ranked 108th.
0.254 per capita
Ranked 94th. 2% more than Netherlands

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 6.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 193th.
7.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 161st. 20% more than Netherlands

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 6.13
Ranked 171st.
7.08
Ranked 147th. 16% more than Netherlands

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 191.59
Ranked 86th.
192.74
Ranked 80th. 1% more than Netherlands

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 216.7
Ranked 14th. 4% more than New Zealand
207.92
Ranked 29th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 100,747
Ranked 77th. 3 times more than New Zealand
30,243
Ranked 126th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 196.63
Ranked 81st. 1% more than New Zealand
195.15
Ranked 86th.

Personnel > % of total labor force 0.7%
Ranked 104th. 67% more than New Zealand
0.42%
Ranked 126th.

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 23 MAR 1999 19 MAR 1999
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 103462 30846
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 98383 28825
Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 234.15
Ranked 97th. About the same as New Zealand
233.58
Ranked 100th.

Conscription status Legal, suspended since 1997 (Conscription still exists, but the compulsory attendance was held in abeyance per January 1, 1997 (effective per August 22, 1996), {{Cite web No
Conventional arms > Exports, % of GDP 0.0716%
Ranked 16th. 32 times more than New Zealand
0.00225%
Ranked 36th.
Expenditure > % of GDP 1.59%
Ranked 58th. 57% more than New Zealand
1.01%
Ranked 89th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 6.43
Ranked 169th.
7.46
Ranked 147th. 16% more than Netherlands

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 98,383
Ranked 80th. 3 times more than New Zealand
28,825
Ranked 129th.
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP 0.0621%
Ranked 55th.
0.0944%
Ranked 47th. 52% more than Netherlands
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 0.53%
Ranked 109th. 36% more than New Zealand
0.39%
Ranked 122nd.

Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 3.96%
Ranked 50th. 28% more than New Zealand
3.1%
Ranked 58th.

Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP $1.63 per $100,000 of GDP
Ranked 31st.
$3.36 per $100,000 of GDP
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Netherlands

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