FACTOID # 1: Israel's per capita military expenditure is the highest in the world, at over $1,400 per person. Syria, still officially at war with Israel, spends $46.51 per person on its military.
 
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North America > Mexico > Military

MEXICAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 8,000 [33rd of 49]
Armed forces growth 49 [36th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 193,000 [28th of 166]
Army personnel 130,000 [18th of 49]
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Conventional arms imports $265,000,000.00 [23rd of 85]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $4,000,000,000.00 [26th of 170]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 27,751,500 [11th of 175]
Manpower > Military age 18 [65th of 129]
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2 Teniente de Navío
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Capitán de Corbeta
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Capitán de Fragata
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Capitán de Navío
Navy personnel 37,000 [15th of 49]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 2006
personnel 204,000 ... [30th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.48 % ... [124th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary enlistment; conscripts serve only in the Army; Navy and Air Force service is all voluntary (2007)
US military exports $8,691.00 thousand [23rd of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,235,000 [55th of 137]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; 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.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks ; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Mexico, ma*a(c)xico, United Mexican States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos

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