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Africa > Mauritania > Military

MAURITANIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 85 [24th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 16,000 [97th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 9,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [71st of 100]
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).
expenditure > % of GDP 0.97 % Time series [92nd of 145]
Expenditures 5.5 % of GDP Time series [8th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $20,800,000.00 Time series [71st of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 744,709 Time series [124th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 740,675 Time series [135th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 665,112 [137th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 686,629 Time series [137th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 484,777 Time series [127th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 463,305 Time series [136th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 332,633 Time series [139th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 38,191 Time series [115th of 226]
personnel 21,000 Time series [103rd of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.75 % Time series [44th of 168]
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
US military exports $115.00 thousand [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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