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Armed forces personnel
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5,000 |
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[129th of 166]
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Branches
National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku): Ground Forces, Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flotes)), Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), Border Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) |
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DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces |
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SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
Conscription
Conscription exists (ECCO). |
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DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Conventional arms imports
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$14,000,000.00 |
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[64th of 85]
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DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions)
Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). |
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SOURCE: 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) |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.72 %
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[55th of 145]
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DEFINITION: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.) |
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SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm. |
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Expenditures
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1.2 % of GDP |
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[59th of 87]
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$87,000,000.00 |
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[18th of 111]
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DEFINITION: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Iraq Coalition casualties
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1 |
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[16th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Number of military fatalities in Iraq since March 20th, 2003. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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565,826 |
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[129th of 162]
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SOURCE: Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006. |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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592,562 |
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[138th of 175]
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DEFINITION: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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DEFINITION: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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14,506 |
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[150th of 226]
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DEFINITION: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel
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5,000
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[142nd of 170]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.46 %
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[125th of 168]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life |
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DEFINITION: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
WMD > Biological
Latvia acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in February 1997 and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence to suggest that Riga possesses or is developing biological weapons. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
WMD > Chemical
Latvia is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention and joined the Australia Group in June 2004. There is no evidence that Riga possesses or seeks to develop chemical weapons. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Missile
Latvian facilities that once supplied the former Soviet Union with commodities controlled by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), such as thermal protection materials for spaceships, electronics, radars, and sensors for missiles, no longer produce or export such items. Latvia has a List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies and controls the export of other domestically-produced components that could be used to build aircraft and missiles. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Nuclear
The Latvian Institute of Nuclear Physics at Salaspils, located 20 miles from Riga, houses a 5MW research reactor and a zero power reactor. On 25 May 2005, 2.5kg of fresh HEU fuel were removed from the Salaspils reactor and returned to Russia. The timeline for removing the spent fuel stored at Salaspils is less certain, however. Latvia is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and party to both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). In addition, Riga has signed an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
WMD > Overview
Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, Latvia regained its independence in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Latvia has since joined relevant international treaties, regimes, and organizations, including both NATO and the European Union in the spring of 2004. Latvia does not possess or produce nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. |
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DEFINITION: An overview of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction |
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SOURCE: The Nuclear Threat Initiative |
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