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Armed forces personnel
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200,000 |
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[26th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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276,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[25th of 100]
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Branches Eritrean Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force |
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Conventional arms imports
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$382,000,000.00 |
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[12th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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19.32 %
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[1st of 145]
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expenditure > current LCU
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2019500000 |
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Expenditures
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6.3 % of GDP |
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[5th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$151,000,000.00 |
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[40th of 111]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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6.3% |
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[5th of 154]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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1,096,120 |
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[110th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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1,108,836 |
|
[119th of 210]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Females
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731,511 |
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[118th of 162]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
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715,531 |
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[125th of 210]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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60,490 |
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[105th of 226]
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Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49
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891,662
|
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[80th of 120]
|
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Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49
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893,361
|
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[88th of 164]
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personnel
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202,000
|
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[31st of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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11.3 %
|
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[2nd of 168]
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Service age and obligation 18-40 years of age for male and female voluntary and compulsory military service; 16-month conscript service obligation |
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US military exports
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$839.00 thousand |
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[44th of 109]
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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; SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Eritrea, State of Eritrea, Hagere Ertra, Ertra
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