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Central America and the Caribbean > Costa Rica > Military

COSTA RICAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces personnel 0 [166th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 3,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [77th of 100]
Branches
no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police
Conscription
No conscription.
Expenditures 0.4 % of GDP Time series [84th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $64,200,000.00 Time series [54th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.4% Time series [97th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,095,763 Time series [111st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,134,205 Time series [117th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,080,250 [120th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,101,887 Time series [119th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 925,727 Time series [108th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 958,013 Time series [114th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 736,007 Time series [121st of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 40,767 Time series [113rd of 226]
personnel 17,000 Time series [112nd of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.94 % Time series [95th of 168]
Service age and obligation 18 years of age Time series
US military exports $684.00 thousand [49th of 109]

... View all Military stats

SOURCES: 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica

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