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Africa > Kenya > Military

KENYAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 62 [30th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 22,000 [92nd of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 25,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [52nd of 100]
Branches
Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force
Conscription
No conscription (AI).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 7.58 % Time series [29th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.46 % Time series [67th of 145]
Expenditures 2.8 % of GDP Time series [27th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $177,100,000.00 Time series [37th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 8,805,736 Time series [33rd of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 9,044,685 Time series [36th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 8,096,140 [37th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 8,313,051 Time series [37th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 5,150,405 Time series [36th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 411,032 Time series [26th of 226]
personnel 29,000 Time series [87th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.19 % Time series [150th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age (est.) for voluntary service, with a 9-year obligation
US military exports $4,885.00 thousand [29th of 109]
Weapon holdings 251,000 [96th 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: Kenya, Republic of Kenya

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felix olunga (homa bay)
5th March 2009 		why can't the airforce replace its obsolete jet fighters with morden ones.how many do they posses?
Daniel mbaja (kakamege-kenya)
16th February 2009 		how can i join the military of kenya
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