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Armed forces growth
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141 |
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[12th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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5,000 |
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[130th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[89th of 100]
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Branches
Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Niger Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) |
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC). |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.07 %
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[104th of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.3 % of GDP |
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[58th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$33,300,000.00 |
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[65th of 111]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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600 |
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[18th of 30]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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2,696,966 |
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[66th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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2,871,868 |
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[70th of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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2,379,480 |
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[81st of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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1,333,027 |
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[86th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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150,728 |
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[61st of 226]
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personnel
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10,000
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[131st of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.17 %
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[152nd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
17-21 years of age for voluntary military service; 2-year service term; women may serve in health care |
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US military exports
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$1.00 thousand |
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[108th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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1,206,000 |
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[58th of 137]
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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); "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Niger, Republic of Niger, Republique du Niger
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