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Africa > Ethiopia > Military

Armed forces growth 62 [29th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 352,000 [11th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 162,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [31st of 100]
Branches
Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF); note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in Eritrean possession
Conscription
Conscription exists. Compulsory military service is provided
Conventional arms imports $162,000,000.00 [31st of 85]
expenditure > % of GDP 3.1 % Time series [18th of 145]
Expenditures 3 % of GDP Time series [23rd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $337,100,000.00 Time series [26th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 17,530,211 Time series [18th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 17,666,967 Time series [18th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 15,388,300 [19th of 175]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 887,061 Time series [12th of 226]
personnel 183,000 Time series [35th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.58 % Time series [113rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; theoretically, no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct call-ups when necessary and compliance is compulsory
Tanks 500 tanks [20th of 22]
US military exports $854.00 thousand [43rd of 109]
Weapon holdings 937,000 [67th 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; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik, Ityop'iya

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