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Armed forces growth
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-50 |
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[116th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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8,000 |
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[117th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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16,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[75th of 100]
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Branches
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) |
Conscription
Decree No. 24-94 was passed in May 1994 establishing a voluntary military service during peacetime. The amendment reserves for the Congress the right to conscript (NISBCO). |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.64 %
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[107th of 145]
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Expenditures
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0.6 % of GDP |
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[74th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$100,600,000.00 |
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[49th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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1,825,770 |
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[89th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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1,868,940 |
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[95th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,594,270 |
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[97th of 175]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,642,029 |
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[96th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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977,130 |
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[103rd 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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90,876 |
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[84th of 226]
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personnel
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20,000
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[104th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.64 %
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[106th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary 2 to 3-year military service |
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US military exports
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$5,425.00 thousand |
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[28th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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89,000 |
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[117th 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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Honduras, Republic of Honduras, Republica de Honduras
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