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Armed forces growth
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34 |
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[43rd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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54,000 |
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[65th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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31,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[50th of 100]
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Branches
Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air Defense Command, General Staff Headquarters (includes Logistics Command, Training and Doctrine Command) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI and WRI). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$6,000,000.00 |
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[78th of 85]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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5.74 %
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[45th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.41 %
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[70th of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.49 % of GDP |
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[51st of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$56,500,000.00 |
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[36th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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908,527 |
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[117th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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944,592 |
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[127th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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906,168 |
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[126th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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775,422 |
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[117th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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19 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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36,340 |
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[118th of 226]
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personnel
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22,500
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[99th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.65 %
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[50th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
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19 years of age |
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Weapon holdings
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1,509,000 |
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[51st of 137]
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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; 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Albania, Republic of Albania, Republika e Shqiperise, Shqiperia
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