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Armed forces growth
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0 |
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[72nd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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21,000 |
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[94th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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19,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[69th of 100]
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Branches
People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie |
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC). |
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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2.79 %
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[69th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.44 %
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[93rd of 145]
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Expenditures
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1 % of GDP |
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[64th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$44,600,000.00 |
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[59th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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4,441,124 |
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[52nd of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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4,443,341 |
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[56th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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3,880,330 |
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[60th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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2,373,342 |
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[58th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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20 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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230,088 |
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[49th of 226]
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personnel
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22,000
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[100th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.26 %
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[146th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-25 years of age for male-only compulsory military service; 18-month conscript service obligation (either military or equivalent civil service); 20-30 years of age for National Gendarmerie recruits (35 years of age for those with military experience) |
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US military exports
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$91.00 thousand |
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[94th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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71,000 |
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[123rd 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:
Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar, Republique de Madagascar
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