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Armed forces growth
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-57 |
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[121st of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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39,000 |
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[78th of 166]
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Branches
Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval Operations Command, Air Operations Command |
Conscription
Conscription was abolished as of 1 January 1994 under the so-called Delacroix Bill of 6 July 1993 (WRI). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$12,000,000.00 |
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[71st of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.24 %
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[78th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$3,999,000,000.00 |
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[21st of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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128 |
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[16th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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143 |
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[23rd of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Helicopters
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46 |
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[11th of 22]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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400 |
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[21st of 30]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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2,497,420 |
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[77th of 175]
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personnel
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37,000
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[83rd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.82 %
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[91st of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription suspended |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier > National examples > Description
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the location. |
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Weapon holdings
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793,000 |
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[72nd of 137]
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WWII > Jew killed
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40,000
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[9th of 14]
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WWII > Jewish population before war
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65,000
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[9th of 16]
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WWII > Percent of Jew killed
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60
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[7th of 14]
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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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie
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