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Africa > Egypt > Military

EGYPTIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 1 [68th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 448,000 [10th of 166]
    (per capita) 5.7802 per 1,000 people [40th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 25,000,000 constant 1990 US$ ... [22nd of 45]
    (per capita) 364.514 constant 1990 US$ per 1 ... [46th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 596,000,000 constant 1990 US$ ... [9th of 100]
    (per capita) 8.05 constant 1990 US$ per c ... [28th of 170]
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 14 OCT 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Conventional arms imports $398,000,000.00 [11th of 85]
    (per $ GDP) 1.258 per $1,000 [17th of 85]
    (per capita) 5.135 per 1 population [37th of 85]
Employment in arms production 45,000 [15th of 56]
    (per capita) 580.6 per 1 million people [39th of 56]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 12.54 % ... [21st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.81 % ... [21st of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 15100000000 ...
Expenditures > Dollar figure $4,040,000,000.00 [25th of 170]
    (per $ GDP) $0.54 per $10 of GDP [12th of 162]

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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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; 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.; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah, Misr

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