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Central America and the Caribbean > Barbados > Military

BARBADIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -40 [111st of 132]
Armed forces personnel 1,000 [144th of 166]
Branches
Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados Coast Guard (2007)
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 2.3 % ... [81st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.87 % ... [119th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 46880000 ...
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.5 % [161st of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 77,862 [168th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 53,282 [167th of 174]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 72,302 [113rd of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 71,524 [131st of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 54,889 [111st of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 54,510 [129th of 161]
Note
the Royal Barbados Defense Force includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is to defend the island against external aggression; the Command consists of a single, part-time battalion with a small regular cadre that is deployed throughout the island; it increasingly supports the police in patrolling the coastline to prevent smuggling and other illicit activities (2005)
personnel 610 ... [159th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.39 % ... [134th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; volunteers at earlier age with parental consent; no conscription (2001)
US military exports $609.00 thousand [52nd of 109]

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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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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); World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Barbados

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