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Southeast Asia > Laos > Military

LAO MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -46 [114th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 29,000 [85th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 34,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [54th of 100]
Branches
Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force
expenditure > % of GDP 2.07 % Time series [61st of 145]
Expenditures 0.5 % of GDP Time series [79th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $10,700,000.00 Time series [81st of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,570,702 Time series [96th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,549,774 Time series [104th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,411,040 [104th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 783,800 Time series [116th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 73,973 Time series [87th of 226]
Note
serving one of the world's least developed countries, the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) is small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; its mission focus is border and internal security, primarily in countering ethnic Hmong insurgent groups; together with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the government, the Lao People's Army (LPA) is the third pillar of state machinery, and as such is expected to suppress political and civil unrest and similar national emergencies, but the LPA also has upgraded skills to respond to avian influenza outbreaks; there is no perceived external threat to the state and the LPA maintains strong ties with the neighboring Vietnamese military
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1975
personnel 129,000 Time series [47th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 5.48 % Time series [10th of 168]
Service age and obligation
15 years of age for compulsory military service; minimum 18-month conscript service obligation
US military exports $3,607.00 thousand [32nd of 109]
Weapon holdings 214,000 [99th 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; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.

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