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Armed forces growth
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-46 |
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[114th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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29,000 |
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[85th of 166]
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Branches
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force |
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature
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30 JUL 1997 |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.07 %
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[61st of 145]
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expenditure > current LCU
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325000000000 |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$55,000,000.00 |
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[123rd of 170]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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0.5 %
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[160th of 171]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,411,040 |
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[104th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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759,499 |
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[116th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 |
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[96th of 129]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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67,260 |
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[78th of 128]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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73,167
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[73rd of 157]
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Note
Laos is one of the world's least developed countries; the Lao People's Armed Forces are small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; there is little political will to allocate sparse funding to the military, and the armed forces' gradual degradation is likely to continue; the massive drug production and trafficking industry centered in the Golden Triangle makes Laos an important narcotics transit country, and armed Wa and Chinese smugglers are active on the Lao-Burma border (2005) |
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Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
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1975 |
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personnel
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129,000
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[47th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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5.48 %
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[10th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
15 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18 months (2004) |
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US military exports
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$3,607.00 thousand |
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[32nd of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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214,000 |
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[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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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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