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Middle East > Lebanon > Military

LEBANESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 266 [6th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 64,000 [54th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [79th of 100]
Branches
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army (includes Navy), Air Force
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 14.39 % Time series [17th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 3.77 % Time series [20th of 145]
Expenditures 3.1 % of GDP Time series [21st of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $540,600,000.00 Time series [17th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,122,595 Time series [108th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,106,879 Time series [120th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,025,980 [121st of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,049,097 Time series [121st of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 643,050 Time series [125th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 32,815 Time series [123rd of 226]
personnel 85,000 Time series [58th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 6.03 % Time series [7th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
US military exports $9,199.00 thousand [21st of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,875,000 [43rd 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: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah, Lubnan

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