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| MAURITANIAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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85 |
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[24th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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16,000 |
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[97th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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9,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[71st of 100]
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Branches Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Islamic Air Force of Mauritania (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) |
Conscription No conscription (FWCC). |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.97 %
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[92nd of 145]
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Expenditures
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5.5 % of GDP |
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[8th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$20,800,000.00 |
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[71st of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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744,709 |
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[124th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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740,675 |
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[135th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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665,112 |
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[137th of 175]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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686,629 |
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[137th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Females
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484,777 |
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[127th of 162]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
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463,305 |
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[136th of 210]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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332,633 |
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[139th of 174]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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38,191 |
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[115th of 226]
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personnel
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21,000
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[103rd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.75 %
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[44th of 168]
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Service age and obligation 18 years of age (est.); conscript service obligation - 2 years; majority of servicemen believed to be volunteers; service in Air Force and Navy is voluntary |
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US military exports
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$115.00 thousand |
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[91st of 109]
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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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah
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