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Europe > Slovakia > Military

SLOVAK MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces personnel 39,000 [79th of 166]
Branches
Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily)
Conscription
Conscription exists.
expenditure > % of GDP 1.77 % Time series [53rd of 145]
Expenditures 1.87 % of GDP Time series [40th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $406,000,000.00 Time series [21st of 111]
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 71 [20th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 271 [18th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Helicopters 19 [19th of 22]
Iraq Coalition casualties 3 [9th of 18]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,484,950 [102nd of 175]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 38,183 Time series [116th of 226]
personnel 20,000 Time series [105th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.75 % Time series [97th of 168]
Service age and obligation
17-30 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2006; women are eligible to serve
Weapon holdings 898,000 [69th of 137]
WWII > Jew killed 75,000 [7th of 14]
WWII > Jewish population before war 90,000 [7th of 16]
WWII > Percent of Jew killed 83 [2nd of 14]

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SOURCES: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 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); World Development Indicators database; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Slovakia, Slovak Republic, Slovenska Republika, Slovensko, slovak rep. c

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