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Other > Cape Verde > Military

CAPE VERDEAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -86 [133rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 1,000 [143rd of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [92nd of 100]
Branches
People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing)
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
expenditure > % of GDP 0.71 % Time series [118th of 145]
Expenditures 0.7 % of GDP Time series [71st of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $14,100,000.00 Time series [74th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 103,553 Time series [151st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 103,650 Time series [167th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 95,450 [166th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 98,394 Time series [166th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 88,832 Time series [150th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 83,082 Time series [165th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 55,477 Time series [165th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 5,566 Time series [166th of 226]
personnel 1,000 Time series [155th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.61 % Time series [108th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation
US military exports $215.00 thousand [82nd 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; 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: Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde, Republica de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde, cape verde islands

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