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Africa > Ethiopia > Military

ETHIOPIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 62 [29th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 352,000 [11th of 166]
Conscription
Conscription exists. Compulsory military service is provided
Conventional arms imports $162,000,000.00 [31st of 85]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $800,000,000.00 [56th of 170]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 15,388,300 [19th of 175]
Manpower > Military age 18 [48th of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 714,165 [15th of 128]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 14,482,885 [13th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 14,568,277 [14th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 7,902,660 [17th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 8,072,755 [15th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 801,789 [10th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 803,777 [13th of 157]
personnel 183,000 ... [35th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.58 % ... [113rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2001)
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; 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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; 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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