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Armed forces growth
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162 |
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[9th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
|
2,000 |
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[142nd of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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18,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[61st of 100]
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Branches Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements) |
Conscription No conscription. |
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Conventional arms exports
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$10,000,000.00 |
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[30th of 40]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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1.74 %
|
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[84th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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0.73 %
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[103rd of 145]
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Expenditures
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0.7 % of GDP |
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[72nd of 87]
|
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$31,100,000.00 |
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[68th of 111]
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|
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
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$27,000.00 |
|
[40th of 40]
|
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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92,242 |
|
[152nd of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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96,309 |
|
[168th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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99,312 |
|
[165th of 175]
|
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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99,324 |
|
[165th of 175]
|
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
|
79,128 |
|
[159th of 174]
|
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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2,815 |
|
[176th of 226]
|
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personnel
|
2,000
|
|
[150th of 170]
|
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personnel > % of total labor force
|
1.18 %
|
|
[70th of 168]
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Service age and obligation 17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no conscription |
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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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Malta, Republic of Malta, Repubblika ta' Malta
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