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| JORDANIAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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13,400 |
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[27th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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48 |
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[37th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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104,000 |
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[41st of 166]
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Army personnel
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90,000 |
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[25th of 49]
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Branches
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis) |
Conscription
Jordanian Conscript Service was suspended indefinitely in 1992 and all members of the armed forces are regular volunteers. |
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Conventional arms exports
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$72,000,000.00 |
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[17th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$132,000,000.00 |
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[32nd of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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7.67 %
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[3rd of 145]
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Expenditures
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8.6 % of GDP |
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[2nd of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$1,460,000,000.00 |
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[16th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,577,140 |
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[98th of 175]
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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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68,067 |
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[93rd of 226]
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Navy personnel
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650 |
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[47th of 49]
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personnel
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111,000
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[51st of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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6.02 %
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[8th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription at age 18 was suspended in 1999, although all males under age 37 are required to register; women not subject to conscription, but can volunteer to serve in non-combat military positions |
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US military exports
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$50,439.00 thousand |
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[13th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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2,859,000 |
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[30th of 137]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; 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:
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah, Al Urdun
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