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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Military

JAMAICAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 33 [45th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 3,000 [137th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 5,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [81st of 100]
Branches
Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing
Conscription
No conscription (NISBCO).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 2.11 % Time series [63rd of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.71 % Time series [104th of 145]
Expenditures 0.6 % of GDP Time series [76th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $31,200,000.00 Time series [85th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 709,548 Time series [126th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 688,480 Time series [137th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 755,698 [134th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 533,768 Time series [128th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 32,000 Time series [125th of 226]
personnel 3,000 Time series [144th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.26 % Time series [145th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits may be conscripted with parental consent
US military exports $1,321.00 thousand [38th of 109]
Weapon holdings 13,000 [133rd 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: Jamaica

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annmarie (jamacia)
20th February 2009 		why can't i get a photo of a jamacian soldier on line

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