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Armed forces growth
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669 |
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[2nd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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40,000 |
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[77th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[80th of 100]
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Branches
National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie |
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC). |
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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30.31 %
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[6th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.01 %
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[117th of 145]
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Expenditures
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5.9 % of GDP |
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[6th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$38,700,000.00 |
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[62nd of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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1,851,676 |
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[88th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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1,878,544 |
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[94th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,375,900 |
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[106th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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747,400 |
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[119th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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16 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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98,105 |
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[79th of 226]
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personnel
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82,000
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[60th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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2.14 %
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[33rd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not prohibited |
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US military exports
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$3.00 thousand |
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[106th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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148,000 |
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[106th 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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Burundi, Republic of Burundi, Republika y'u Burundi
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