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Middle East > Cyprus > Military

CYPRIOT MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 0 [73rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 10,000 [108th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 8,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [73rd of 100]
Branches
Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Forea, EF; includes air and naval elements); northern Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK)
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 2.74 % Time series [61st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.48 % Time series [77th of 145]
Expenditures 3.8 % of GDP Time series [15th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $384,000,000.00 Time series [22nd of 111]
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $120,000.00 [36th of 40]
Manpower > Availability > Females 190,665 Time series [141st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 199,767 Time series [157th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 201,606 [156th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 139,255 Time series [153rd of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 6,482 Time series [163rd of 226]
personnel 10,750 Time series [130th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 2.87 % Time series [19th of 168]
Service age and obligation
Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): 18-50 years of age for compulsory military service for all Greek Cypriot males; 17 years of age for voluntary service; females are not conscripted; age of military eligibility 17 to 50; length of normal service is 25 months with a minimum of 3 months
Weapon holdings 691,000 [77th 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); US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus

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