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Asia > Maldives > Military

MALDIVIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces personnel 0 [165th of 166]
Branches
Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF): Quick Reaction Force, Security Protection Group, Coast Guard
Conscription
No conscription (AI).
Expenditures 5.5 % of GDP Time series [6th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $41,100,000.00 Time series [60th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 5.5% Time series [14th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 85,745 Time series [153rd of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 89,505 Time series [169th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 78,025 [167th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 81,221 Time series [167th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 69,058 Time series [152nd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 72,150 Time series [167th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 45,142 Time series [167th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 4,749 Time series [167th of 226]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 71,774 [130th of 164]
Note
the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF), with its small size and with little serviceable equipment, is inadequate to prevent external aggression and is primarily tasked to reinforce the Maldives Police Service (MPS) and ensure security in the exclusive economic zone
personnel 5,000 Time series [148th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 5.54 % Time series [13th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
US military exports $185.00 thousand [85th of 109]

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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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Maldives, Republic of Maldives, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, Dhivehi Raajje, maldives republic

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