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| DOMINICAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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10 |
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[59th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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24,000 |
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[89th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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27,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[57th of 100]
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Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana, FAD) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (NISBCO). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$21,000,000.00 |
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[58th of 85]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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3.26 %
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[77th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.6 %
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[109th of 145]
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Expenditures
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0.8 % of GDP |
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[68th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$180,000,000.00 |
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[8th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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2,326,694 |
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[77th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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2,440,203 |
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[79th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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2,319,420 |
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[82nd of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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1,474,978 |
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[80th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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96,971 |
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[81st of 226]
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personnel
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40,000
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[82nd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.04 %
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[80th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service |
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Weapon holdings
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72,000 |
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[120th 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.
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