FACTOID # 4: In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.
 
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Middle East > Bahrain > Military

BAHRAINI MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 1,500 [43rd of 49]
    (per capita) 0.218 per 100 population [7th of 49]
Armed forces growth 293 [5th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 11,000 [105th of 166]
    (per capita) 15.9804 per 1,000 people [8th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 2,000,000 constant 1990 US$ ... [38th of 45]
    (per capita) 2,920.1 constant 1990 US$ per 1 ... [27th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 10,000,000 constant 1990 US$ ... [73rd of 100]
    (per capita) 13.97 constant 1990 US$ per c ... [21st of 170]
Army personnel 8,500 [45th of 49]
    (per capita) 12.3485 per 1,000 people [6th of 49]
Branches
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Naval Force, Air Force, National Guard
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 12 APR 2004
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription.
Conventional arms imports $10,000,000.00 [73rd of 85]
    (per $ GDP) 0.769 per $1,000 [26th of 85]
    (per capita) 14.528 per 1 population [16th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 18.03 % ... [12th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 4.34 % ... [12th of 145]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain, Mamlakat al Bahrayn, Al Bahrayn

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