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Africa > Chad > Military

CHADIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 147 [11th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 30,000 [84th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 15,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [70th of 100]
Branches
Armed Forces: Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT), Gendarmerie
Conscription
Selective conscription.
expenditure > % of GDP 0.9 % Time series [97th of 145]
Expenditures 4.2 % of GDP Time series [15th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $101,300,000.00 Time series [48th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,258,758 Time series [79th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,906,545 Time series [92nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,940,330 [90th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,008,825 Time series [89th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,051,802 Time series [98th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 20 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 116,824 Time series [72nd of 226]
personnel 35,000 Time series [84th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.95 % Time series [85th of 168]
Service age and obligation
20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation; 18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21
US military exports $516.00 thousand [57th of 109]
Weapon holdings 152,000 [105th 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: Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad

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