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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
National Security Service: Security Branch (ground forces), Air Element, Coast Guard
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 07 SEP 2000
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 01 OCT 1997
Conscription
No conscription (AI).
Expenditures > Dollar figure $34,460,000.00 [137th of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 5.5 % [15th of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 78,025 [167th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 43,386 [168th of 174]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 69,229 [114th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 71,774 [130th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 54,454 [112nd of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 56,687 [126th of 161]
personnel 5,000 ... [148th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 5.54 % ... [13th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age (est.) (2004)
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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; 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; 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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